M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 6:50 PM GMT+13 (05:50 UTC), 393 km (244 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-18 05:50:12 UTC
- Depth
- 393.0 km (244.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.133° S, 177.271° 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, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 596 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2155 days ago · 388 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2148 days ago · 448 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 405 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 621 km deep · 51 km away
- 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2147 days ago · 417 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 563 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2145 days ago · 626 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6236 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2141 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2140 days ago · 542 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2128 days ago · 305 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 396 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 550 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 2172 days ago · 549 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2179 days ago · 544 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 528 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2186 days ago · 616 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 584 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 503 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 227 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2197 days ago · 585 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c94n. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.