Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 1:57 AM GMT+12 (13:57 UTC), 493 km (306 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-01-26 13:57:56 UTC
Depth
492.6 km (306.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.675° S, 177.925° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2069 days ago · 599 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2069 days ago · 619 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2066 days ago · 523 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 635 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.0256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2063 days ago · 536 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2059 days ago · 571 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2058 days ago · 617 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.5275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2054 days ago · 579 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2051 days ago · 531 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2049 days ago · 569 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 627 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.5279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2045 days ago · 610 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 5.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2040 days ago · 552 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2038 days ago · 606 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2036 days ago · 603 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.3230 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2033 days ago · 580 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2032 days ago · 557 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2031 days ago · 521 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2025 days ago · 524 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2022 days ago · 548 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 578 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 4.1282 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2017 days ago · 452 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 4.4248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2017 days ago · 583 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 4.4232 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2016 days ago · 595 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 4.5271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2016 days ago · 557 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 4.4271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2016 days ago · 559 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 4.2286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2013 days ago · 596 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2012 days ago · 576 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 4.4254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2012 days ago · 634 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2074 days ago · 503 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2075 days ago · 601 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2079 days ago · 577 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2080 days ago · 548 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2084 days ago · 560 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2085 days ago · 588 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2087 days ago · 613 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 593 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 355 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 512 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 630 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000de7f. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.