Fiji earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 8:11 AM GMT+13 (19:11 UTC), 529 km (329 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-07-28 19:11:54 UTC
Depth
529.3 km (328.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.740° S, 177.707° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.02
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
148

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 499 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 597 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 578 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2248 days ago · 636 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2246 days ago · 540 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2245 days ago · 561 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 2241 days ago · 579 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2235 days ago · 506 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 565 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2228 days ago · 524 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 581 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 587 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 533 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 578 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 565 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2223 days ago · 644 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 2218 days ago · 579 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2204 days ago · 548 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 4.3287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2201 days ago · 607 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 2197 days ago · 585 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2195 days ago · 590 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.0242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2254 days ago · 617 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2254 days ago · 612 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2255 days ago · 617 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 2258 days ago · 628 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2260 days ago · 589 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 622 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 598 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 623 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.0296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2265 days ago · 592 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.5258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2269 days ago · 525 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.3283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2269 days ago · 589 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 563 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 2274 days ago · 489 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2275 days ago · 605 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b5if. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.