M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 4:48 PM GMT+13 (03:48 UTC), 562 km (349 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-09 03:48:00 UTC
- Depth
- 562.4 km (349.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.119° S, 177.569° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 98
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2393 days ago · 545 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2390 days ago · 496 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2389 days ago · 544 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2365 days ago · 555 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2351 days ago · 332 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2346 days ago · 617 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2345 days ago · 624 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2341 days ago · 556 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2335 days ago · 625 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 541 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2395 days ago · 560 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2398 days ago · 577 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 635 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 521 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 567 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2405 days ago · 245 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2409 days ago · 471 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2412 days ago · 589 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2418 days ago · 603 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008cb6. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC.