Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 152 km SE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 152 km SE of Labasa, Fiji on Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 8:45 AM GMT+12 (20:45 UTC), 540 km (335 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 141 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-11-19 20:45:29 UTC
Depth
539.6 km (335.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.222° S, 179.458° 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 19.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
180°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2125 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1764 days ago · 426 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1761 days ago · 641 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.2205 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1757 days ago · 399 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1751 days ago · 526 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1744 days ago · 606 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.5146 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 609 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 6.1141 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1738 days ago · 639 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.3168 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1738 days ago · 654 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.567 km NE of Levuka, Fiji · 1736 days ago · 642 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.5206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1735 days ago · 544 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.2197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1733 days ago · 550 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.9Fiji region · 1723 days ago · 540 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.6228 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1717 days ago · 542 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.2211 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1716 days ago · 527 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 4.1188 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1785 days ago · 579 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.2234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1785 days ago · 599 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1790 days ago · 524 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.1145 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1792 days ago · 633 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.2216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1799 days ago · 593 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.2210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1800 days ago · 594 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fvkb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC.