Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 10:11 AM GMT+13 (21:11 UTC), 451 km (280 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-01-09 21:11:07 UTC
Depth
451.0 km (280.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.722° S, 177.798° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 6.1 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 2449 days ago · 541 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2449 days ago · 509 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2449 days ago · 562 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 582 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.4271 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2443 days ago · 560 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2441 days ago · 583 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 2440 days ago · 554 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.3283 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2432 days ago · 568 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2431 days ago · 581 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2430 days ago · 375 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 2422 days ago · 567 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 537 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 513 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2414 days ago · 535 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2413 days ago · 524 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2411 days ago · 589 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2409 days ago · 471 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.4297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2407 days ago · 539 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2406 days ago · 520 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 245 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2403 days ago · 474 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 4.5Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 560 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2394 days ago · 541 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 4.1Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 562 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2453 days ago · 490 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2454 days ago · 550 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2458 days ago · 533 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2458 days ago · 523 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.3275 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2465 days ago · 550 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2465 days ago · 413 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.4273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2468 days ago · 534 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007d1s. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:03 PM UTC.