M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 14, 2020, 4:40 AM GMT+13 (15:40 UTC), 541 km (336 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-13 15:40:40 UTC
- Depth
- 541.4 km (336.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.335° S, 177.967° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- 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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2451 days ago · 509 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2451 days ago · 562 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2448 days ago · 582 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2444 days ago · 531 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5Fiji region · 2442 days ago · 554 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2441 days ago · 549 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2440 days ago · 485 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2431 days ago · 585 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2427 days ago · 613 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2424 days ago · 567 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2423 days ago · 537 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2422 days ago · 513 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2417 days ago · 583 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2416 days ago · 535 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2416 days ago · 582 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2415 days ago · 524 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2409 days ago · 539 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2408 days ago · 520 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2407 days ago · 596 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2407 days ago · 604 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2406 days ago · 520 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 474 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2403 days ago · 537 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2398 days ago · 570 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2396 days ago · 560 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2396 days ago · 541 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 545 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2394 days ago · 511 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 2455 days ago · 451 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2455 days ago · 490 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2456 days ago · 550 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2460 days ago · 533 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2460 days ago · 523 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3275 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2467 days ago · 550 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2467 days ago · 413 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2470 days ago · 534 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0218 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2470 days ago · 361 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2473 days ago · 602 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 554 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007eve. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.