Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 6:35 AM GMT+13 (17:35 UTC), 585 km (364 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-09-22 17:35:46 UTC
Depth
585.2 km (363.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.132° S, 177.224° 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 17.4 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 227 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 503 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 584 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2186 days ago · 616 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2179 days ago · 544 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2173 days ago · 549 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2172 days ago · 393 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 596 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2155 days ago · 388 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 448 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2149 days ago · 405 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 621 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 417 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 563 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2145 days ago · 626 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 4.6236 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2141 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2140 days ago · 542 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.3287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2202 days ago · 607 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2217 days ago · 545 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 565 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 2226 days ago · 578 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2226 days ago · 533 km deep · 36 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c18j. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC.