Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 272 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 272 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:34 AM GMT+12 (17:34 UTC), 576 km (358 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 297 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-07-27 17:34:41 UTC
Depth
576.2 km (358.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.130° S, 178.113° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1890 days ago · 593 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.1262 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1886 days ago · 562 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.4275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1885 days ago · 577 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1885 days ago · 574 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.2298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1881 days ago · 630 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.2263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1881 days ago · 543 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1881 days ago · 609 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1877 days ago · 597 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1877 days ago · 606 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 5.5297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1874 days ago · 523 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.4251 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1872 days ago · 602 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1868 days ago · 549 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 1862 days ago · 537 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 4.4246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1862 days ago · 604 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1858 days ago · 512 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 1855 days ago · 601 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 5.3Fiji region · 1855 days ago · 550 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  18. 4.0219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1853 days ago · 618 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 1846 days ago · 567 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1846 days ago · 564 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 4.5221 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1845 days ago · 560 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 4.1248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1844 days ago · 607 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1843 days ago · 573 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 4.0Fiji region · 1842 days ago · 460 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1842 days ago · 590 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 4.2Fiji region · 1841 days ago · 589 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 4.2Fiji region · 1840 days ago · 622 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 4.2247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1837 days ago · 541 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 4.2285 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1834 days ago · 473 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 4.4251 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1832 days ago · 613 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 4.2263 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1830 days ago · 563 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1890 days ago · 621 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1892 days ago · 539 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.1212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1892 days ago · 563 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.6260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1893 days ago · 559 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.5252 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1893 days ago · 552 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1896 days ago · 564 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 608 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 564 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 530 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.2214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1898 days ago · 586 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.2231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1898 days ago · 564 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.1271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1899 days ago · 546 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 4.1230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1905 days ago · 585 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.2231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1909 days ago · 568 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1910 days ago · 575 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.4228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1910 days ago · 606 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 4.5192 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1911 days ago · 567 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1913 days ago · 566 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1914 days ago · 597 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 4.0Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 446 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f1jh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.