M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 20, 2016, 8:12 AM GMT+14 (18:12 UTC), 568 km (353 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-19 18:12:49 UTC
- Depth
- 568.4 km (353.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.234° S, 177.426° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3596 days ago · 575 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3579 days ago · 451 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3571 days ago · 589 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 568 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3566 days ago · 556 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 576 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 501 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 565 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3552 days ago · 525 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3551 days ago · 605 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 572 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 584 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 597 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 3607 days ago · 617 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3609 days ago · 483 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3614 days ago · 568 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3616 days ago · 571 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 596 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4294 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3628 days ago · 537 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007alj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.