M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 4:12 PM GMT+13 (03:12 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. 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
- 2020-10-08 03:12:08 UTC
- Depth
- 592.6 km (368.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.165° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 603 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2178 days ago · 507 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 615 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2169 days ago · 606 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 573 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 575 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 587 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2144 days ago · 625 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 612 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2128 days ago · 567 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.1293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2182 days ago · 506 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 593 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 589 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2205 days ago · 547 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c80x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.