Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 4:25 PM GMT+12 (04:25 UTC), 563 km (350 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 251 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-09-11 04:25:02 UTC
Depth
563.0 km (349.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
16.988° S, 178.707° 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 19.3 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1843 days ago · 573 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.4251 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1832 days ago · 613 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.2263 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1830 days ago · 563 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.1214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1829 days ago · 563 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.0215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1827 days ago · 558 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1813 days ago · 552 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.1245 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1802 days ago · 528 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.0235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1801 days ago · 562 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.3246 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1801 days ago · 562 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.2210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1800 days ago · 594 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.1223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1799 days ago · 586 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 4.2216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1798 days ago · 593 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.1231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1795 days ago · 565 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1790 days ago · 521 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 4.2208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1789 days ago · 524 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 4.2234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1785 days ago · 599 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.1188 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1784 days ago · 579 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.5221 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1845 days ago · 560 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.2158 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1846 days ago · 580 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.0219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1852 days ago · 618 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fbv6. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.