M4.2 earthquake 158 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 158 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 8:40 AM GMT+12 (20:40 UTC), 580 km (360 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-08 20:40:58 UTC
- Depth
- 579.7 km (360.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.984° S, 179.269° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 15.9 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1845 days ago · 563 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1830 days ago · 563 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1828 days ago · 558 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1245 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1803 days ago · 528 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1801 days ago · 594 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1799 days ago · 593 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1145 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1793 days ago · 633 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1791 days ago · 524 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fbgi. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.