Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 4, 2020, 5:03 AM GMT+13 (16:03 UTC), 567 km (352 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

Nuku‘alofa forecastMore in Fiji

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-03-03 16:03:08 UTC
Depth
567.3 km (352.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.277° S, 177.314° 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 16.5 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 521 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 635 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 560 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2394 days ago · 541 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 562 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.3275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2393 days ago · 545 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 2389 days ago · 544 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.3296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2364 days ago · 555 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.2230 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2352 days ago · 570 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 2351 days ago · 332 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.8Fiji region · 2346 days ago · 617 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2345 days ago · 624 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 4.0Fiji region · 2340 days ago · 556 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 245 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.4297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2407 days ago · 539 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2409 days ago · 471 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2411 days ago · 589 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2414 days ago · 535 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 2417 days ago · 603 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008b6z. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC.