Fiji earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 1, 2020, 9:44 PM GMT+13 (08:44 UTC), 564 km (351 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-08-01 08:44:49 UTC
Depth
564.3 km (350.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.743° S, 178.400° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
69

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 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2249 days ago · 542 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2245 days ago · 606 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2244 days ago · 526 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2243 days ago · 558 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2237 days ago · 559 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2235 days ago · 585 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2233 days ago · 502 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 495 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.6288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 558 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 590 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2222 days ago · 567 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2218 days ago · 499 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2217 days ago · 532 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2215 days ago · 556 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2212 days ago · 605 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 2206 days ago · 547 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 4.5258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2205 days ago · 513 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2200 days ago · 589 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 2197 days ago · 594 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2197 days ago · 526 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2191 days ago · 568 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2250 days ago · 573 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 600 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 606 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2253 days ago · 558 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2255 days ago · 407 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 557 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 549 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 548 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 5.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 554 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 6.0Fiji region · 2260 days ago · 605 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 516 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 557 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 557 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 539 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 614 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 606 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2265 days ago · 547 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 2265 days ago · 453 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 4.2249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2267 days ago · 496 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 582 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b7wg. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC.