M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 9:49 AM GMT+13 (20:49 UTC), 628 km (390 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 284 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-23 20:49:39 UTC
- Depth
- 627.8 km (390.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.630° S, 177.620° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2255 days ago · 617 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2254 days ago · 612 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2254 days ago · 617 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 529 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2269 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 499 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2251 days ago · 597 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2249 days ago · 578 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2248 days ago · 636 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2246 days ago · 540 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2245 days ago · 561 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2241 days ago · 579 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2234 days ago · 506 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2233 days ago · 584 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2230 days ago · 586 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 565 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 524 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2227 days ago · 581 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2226 days ago · 587 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 533 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 578 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 565 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2223 days ago · 644 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2217 days ago · 579 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2207 days ago · 560 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2206 days ago · 528 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2204 days ago · 548 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2201 days ago · 607 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 2260 days ago · 589 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 622 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 598 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 623 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.0296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2265 days ago · 592 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2269 days ago · 525 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2269 days ago · 589 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 563 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2274 days ago · 489 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2275 days ago · 605 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2283 days ago · 596 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2286 days ago · 589 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2286 days ago · 526 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b65q. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:40 AM UTC.