Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 10:39 PM GMT+13 (09:39 UTC), 589 km (366 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-09-20 09:39:15 UTC
Depth
589.2 km (366.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.865° S, 178.493° 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, 8.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2196 days ago · 526 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2191 days ago · 568 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 593 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.2253 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2183 days ago · 398 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.1293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2183 days ago · 506 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2182 days ago · 593 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 603 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2178 days ago · 507 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.1265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2177 days ago · 534 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.2256 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2174 days ago · 452 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 591 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 615 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2170 days ago · 606 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 573 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 5.3Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 575 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 587 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2159 days ago · 499 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 2145 days ago · 625 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 2206 days ago · 547 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2212 days ago · 605 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2214 days ago · 556 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2217 days ago · 532 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2218 days ago · 499 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2222 days ago · 567 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2224 days ago · 590 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.6288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2228 days ago · 558 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2229 days ago · 495 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c0m0. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.