M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 12:53 PM GMT+13 (23:53 UTC), 606 km (377 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-05 23:53:15 UTC
- Depth
- 606.0 km (376.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.540° S, 178.439° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 118
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2243 days ago · 526 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2243 days ago · 558 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2237 days ago · 559 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2234 days ago · 585 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2232 days ago · 502 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 495 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 558 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2224 days ago · 590 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2222 days ago · 567 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2217 days ago · 499 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2217 days ago · 532 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2214 days ago · 556 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2212 days ago · 605 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2206 days ago · 547 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2205 days ago · 513 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2199 days ago · 537 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 589 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2196 days ago · 526 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2190 days ago · 568 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2188 days ago · 404 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 593 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.0282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2248 days ago · 542 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2249 days ago · 564 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2249 days ago · 573 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 600 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 606 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2252 days ago · 558 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2254 days ago · 407 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 557 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 549 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 548 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 2256 days ago · 554 km deep · 9 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 2260 days ago · 605 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 516 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 557 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 557 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2262 days ago · 539 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 606 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2264 days ago · 547 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2265 days ago · 453 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2266 days ago · 496 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b9xb. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.