M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 3:11 AM GMT+13 (14:11 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-21 14:11:41 UTC
- Depth
- 582.5 km (362.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.149° S, 177.160° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 13.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 497 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3283 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2437 days ago · 568 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2436 days ago · 581 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2435 days ago · 375 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2422 days ago · 603 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2416 days ago · 589 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2414 days ago · 471 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2409 days ago · 245 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2404 days ago · 567 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2403 days ago · 521 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2403 days ago · 635 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2399 days ago · 541 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2398 days ago · 562 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 545 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 544 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 2453 days ago · 562 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2457 days ago · 451 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2463 days ago · 523 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3275 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2469 days ago · 550 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2469 days ago · 413 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007lg6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC.