M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 3:21 AM GMT+13 (14:21 UTC), 591 km (367 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-18 14:21:00 UTC
- Depth
- 591.2 km (367.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.196° S, 178.121° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2171 days ago · 555 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 615 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 596 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2160 days ago · 510 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 575 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2158 days ago · 499 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2155 days ago · 388 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2148 days ago · 405 km deep · 87 km away
- 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2147 days ago · 417 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 546 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2133 days ago · 570 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 510 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2128 days ago · 567 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2124 days ago · 555 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 396 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 632 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 524 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 465 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 573 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 584 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 492 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 610 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 4.2256 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2173 days ago · 452 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2177 days ago · 534 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2178 days ago · 507 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2179 days ago · 544 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 603 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2182 days ago · 506 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2253 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2182 days ago · 398 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2188 days ago · 404 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2190 days ago · 568 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2196 days ago · 526 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 589 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2199 days ago · 537 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cbgu. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.