M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 1:49 PM GMT+12 (01:49 UTC), 533 km (331 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-21 01:49:48 UTC
- Depth
- 533.2 km (331.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.588° S, 177.549° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2411 days ago · 601 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2408 days ago · 620 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2406 days ago · 626 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2400 days ago · 533 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2398 days ago · 577 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2395 days ago · 587 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2394 days ago · 550 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2393 days ago · 598 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2393 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2390 days ago · 568 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2389 days ago · 577 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2388 days ago · 604 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2385 days ago · 526 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2382 days ago · 541 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2382 days ago · 471 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2382 days ago · 547 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2371 days ago · 556 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2369 days ago · 570 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2369 days ago · 572 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2367 days ago · 549 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2364 days ago · 531 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2364 days ago · 602 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2360 days ago · 539 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2356 days ago · 570 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2355 days ago · 579 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2353 days ago · 550 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 2411 days ago · 391 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2415 days ago · 575 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2415 days ago · 300 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2417 days ago · 574 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2417 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2423 days ago · 574 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2423 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2423 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2423 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2426 days ago · 607 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2429 days ago · 506 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2431 days ago · 597 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600084px. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.