Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 3:02 AM GMT+12 (15:02 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 231 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-10-26 15:02:54 UTC
Depth
592.6 km (368.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.438° S, 178.755° 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 18.7 km horizontally, 12.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1799 days ago · 562 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.1231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1795 days ago · 565 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1794 days ago · 570 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.1145 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1793 days ago · 633 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1791 days ago · 521 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.2208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1790 days ago · 524 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.2234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1786 days ago · 599 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.1188 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1785 days ago · 579 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.1265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1777 days ago · 564 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1776 days ago · 555 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.3152 km SE of Labasa, Fiji · 1775 days ago · 540 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 1773 days ago · 541 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 4.8253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1772 days ago · 560 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.2236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1771 days ago · 577 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1769 days ago · 603 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.2265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1765 days ago · 619 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.4251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1763 days ago · 598 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1762 days ago · 641 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1759 days ago · 538 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 4.2205 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1757 days ago · 399 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1756 days ago · 510 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1753 days ago · 584 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1751 days ago · 526 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 4.2235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1751 days ago · 532 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 5.7231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1747 days ago · 575 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 4.0204 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1744 days ago · 606 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 4.4234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1740 days ago · 579 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 4.5146 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1739 days ago · 609 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.1223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1800 days ago · 586 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.2210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1801 days ago · 594 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.3246 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1801 days ago · 562 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.0235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1802 days ago · 562 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1802 days ago · 602 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.1245 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1803 days ago · 528 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1812 days ago · 635 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1814 days ago · 552 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1815 days ago · 563 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.4269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1816 days ago · 631 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.2258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1818 days ago · 485 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.3253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1819 days ago · 584 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1820 days ago · 564 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1828 days ago · 590 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.0215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1828 days ago · 558 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fptv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.