M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 5:11 AM GMT+13 (16:11 UTC), 542 km (337 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-18 16:11:33 UTC
- Depth
- 542.3 km (337.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.289° S, 177.385° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 102
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2138 days ago · 546 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2129 days ago · 305 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2124 days ago · 396 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2119 days ago · 550 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 408 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2107 days ago · 551 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2091 days ago · 355 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 593 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2090 days ago · 539 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 613 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.6236 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2143 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2147 days ago · 626 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2147 days ago · 563 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.0291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2149 days ago · 417 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2149 days ago · 621 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2150 days ago · 405 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.7267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2157 days ago · 388 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2161 days ago · 596 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000cqum. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC.