M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 5:45 PM GMT-12 (05:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-10 05:45:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.443° S, 176.626° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 2344 days ago · 366 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2343 days ago · 361 km deep · 54 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008d1d (also filed as iscgem617629723). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC.