M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 5:30 PM GMT+12 (05:30 UTC), 254 km (158 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-16 05:30:27 UTC
- Depth
- 254.2 km (158.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.077° S, 177.068° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1294 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2425 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.1240 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2423 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2417 days ago · 300 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 391 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 533 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2281 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2412 days ago · 406 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007j6h. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:44 AM UTC.