M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 12:50 PM GMT+13 (23:50 UTC), 600 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-29 23:50:52 UTC
- Depth
- 599.7 km (372.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.709° S, 178.491° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 89
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 2250 days ago · 573 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2249 days ago · 564 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.0282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2248 days ago · 542 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2245 days ago · 606 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2243 days ago · 526 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2243 days ago · 558 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2237 days ago · 559 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2234 days ago · 585 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2233 days ago · 502 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 495 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 558 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2224 days ago · 590 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2222 days ago · 567 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2217 days ago · 499 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2217 days ago · 532 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2214 days ago · 556 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2212 days ago · 605 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2206 days ago · 547 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2205 days ago · 513 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 589 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2196 days ago · 526 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 606 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 558 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2254 days ago · 407 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 557 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 549 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 548 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 554 km deep · 28 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 2260 days ago · 605 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 516 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 557 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 557 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 539 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 614 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 606 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2264 days ago · 547 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2265 days ago · 453 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2269 days ago · 582 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 631 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 620 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 614 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b6hp. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC.