Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 4:42 PM GMT+13 (03:42 UTC), 625 km (388 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-11-14 03:42:08 UTC
Depth
624.5 km (388.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.215° S, 179.013° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 10.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
25

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. 4.3Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 594 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2141 days ago · 612 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2128 days ago · 567 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 5.4Fiji region · 2121 days ago · 613 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 2121 days ago · 608 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 573 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 629 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 571 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 490 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 545 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2104 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2099 days ago · 488 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.6Fiji region · 2098 days ago · 593 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2096 days ago · 542 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2095 days ago · 545 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 565 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 578 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 587 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 5.3Fiji region · 2159 days ago · 575 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2162 days ago · 573 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2169 days ago · 606 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 615 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cpul. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.