Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Oct 2, 2020, 12:46 AM GMT+13 (11:46 UTC), 503 km (313 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-10-01 11:46:29 UTC
Depth
503.5 km (312.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.271° S, 177.652° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
75

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. 4.1Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 584 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2186 days ago · 616 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 528 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2179 days ago · 544 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2173 days ago · 549 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 393 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.2267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2171 days ago · 555 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 596 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2155 days ago · 388 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2148 days ago · 448 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 405 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 621 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2147 days ago · 417 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 563 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2145 days ago · 626 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2140 days ago · 542 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 546 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2188 days ago · 404 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2197 days ago · 585 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2199 days ago · 537 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.3287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2201 days ago · 607 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2217 days ago · 545 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c3v5. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.