Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 4:44 AM GMT-12 (16:44 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-12-30 16:44:06 UTC
Depth
593.0 km (368.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.811° S, 179.329° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
60°
Stations used
100

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2095 days ago · 545 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 2080 days ago · 607 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2079 days ago · 579 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2073 days ago · 586 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 2072 days ago · 545 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2045 days ago · 582 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2044 days ago · 585 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2104 days ago · 616 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 571 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 629 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2115 days ago · 574 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2119 days ago · 578 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2121 days ago · 573 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 2122 days ago · 608 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 5.4Fiji region · 2122 days ago · 613 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2124 days ago · 582 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d4cq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC.