Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 280 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 280 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 5:14 AM GMT+12 (17:14 UTC), 574 km (357 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
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-06-16 17:14:38 UTC
Depth
574.2 km (356.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.218° S, 178.033° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 1930 days ago · 551 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1929 days ago · 551 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 611 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 1928 days ago · 605 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 1927 days ago · 495 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1927 days ago · 635 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.0215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1923 days ago · 569 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1923 days ago · 589 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1922 days ago · 576 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 1919 days ago · 597 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 1918 days ago · 446 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.4276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1914 days ago · 597 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1912 days ago · 566 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.4228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1910 days ago · 606 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 4.1226 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1909 days ago · 575 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.2231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1909 days ago · 568 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 4.1230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1905 days ago · 585 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.1271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1899 days ago · 546 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 4.2231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 564 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.2214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 586 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.2293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 530 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 4.1220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 564 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 608 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 4.3290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1896 days ago · 564 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 4.5252 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1893 days ago · 552 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 4.6260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1893 days ago · 559 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 4.1212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1892 days ago · 563 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1892 days ago · 539 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1890 days ago · 621 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1889 days ago · 576 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 4.2Fiji region · 1889 days ago · 593 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 4.1262 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1886 days ago · 562 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 4.4275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1885 days ago · 577 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1885 days ago · 574 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 4.2298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1881 days ago · 630 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 4.2263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1881 days ago · 543 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 4.3Fiji region · 1880 days ago · 609 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1877 days ago · 597 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 4.2Fiji region · 1876 days ago · 606 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 5.5297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1874 days ago · 523 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 4.4251 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1872 days ago · 602 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1931 days ago · 588 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.1239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1932 days ago · 594 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.1243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1935 days ago · 557 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1936 days ago · 578 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1937 days ago · 593 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.4238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1938 days ago · 578 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.2259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1939 days ago · 521 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 615 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 1941 days ago · 618 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1943 days ago · 496 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.4297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1944 days ago · 571 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.9229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1944 days ago · 594 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 1946 days ago · 629 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 5.3265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1948 days ago · 521 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 4.7224 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1949 days ago · 547 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1953 days ago · 574 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 4.2233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1953 days ago · 590 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1954 days ago · 562 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 4.5234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1955 days ago · 550 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1956 days ago · 633 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eeze. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC.