Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Oct 2, 2020, 1:17 AM GMT+13 (12:17 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-10-01 12:17:10 UTC
Depth
592.9 km (368.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.043° S, 178.719° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
93

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2182 days ago · 506 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 593 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 603 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.4298 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 656 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2178 days ago · 507 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.1265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2177 days ago · 534 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 615 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2169 days ago · 606 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 573 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 5.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 575 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 587 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2144 days ago · 625 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 612 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2128 days ago · 567 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 589 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2205 days ago · 547 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2212 days ago · 605 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2214 days ago · 556 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2216 days ago · 532 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2217 days ago · 499 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c3v4. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.