M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 10:34 AM GMT+12 (22:34 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 208 km ENE 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-20 22:34:20 UTC
- Depth
- 583.1 km (362.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.349° S, 179.277° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 566 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 515 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2180 days ago · 595 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2170 days ago · 564 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 539 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2168 days ago · 556 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2161 days ago · 563 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1172 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2159 days ago · 553 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2205 days ago · 574 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2215 days ago · 590 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2222 days ago · 543 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0236 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 551 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2226 days ago · 607 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c0mn. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC.