Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 2:22 PM GMT-12 (02:22 UTC), 606 km (377 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-10-20 02:22:27 UTC
Depth
606.4 km (376.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.338° S, 179.103° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
25

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 573 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 5.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 575 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 587 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2158 days ago · 549 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2144 days ago · 625 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 594 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 612 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 5.4Fiji region · 2121 days ago · 613 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 4.8Fiji region · 2121 days ago · 608 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2118 days ago · 578 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 573 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 629 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.6Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 571 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 615 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 603 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2181 days ago · 593 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2188 days ago · 593 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2189 days ago · 566 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 594 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2199 days ago · 589 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cc50. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.