M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 2:20 AM GMT+13 (13:20 UTC), 567 km (352 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-09 13:20:15 UTC
- Depth
- 566.9 km (352.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.433° S, 178.296° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2428 days ago · 537 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2427 days ago · 513 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2422 days ago · 583 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2422 days ago · 535 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2421 days ago · 582 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2420 days ago · 524 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2414 days ago · 539 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2413 days ago · 520 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 596 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 604 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2411 days ago · 520 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2411 days ago · 474 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2408 days ago · 537 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2404 days ago · 594 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2403 days ago · 570 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2402 days ago · 560 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2399 days ago · 511 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2396 days ago · 464 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2395 days ago · 515 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 577 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2392 days ago · 524 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2391 days ago · 523 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2390 days ago · 499 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2387 days ago · 581 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2386 days ago · 618 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2386 days ago · 454 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2385 days ago · 601 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2377 days ago · 570 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2373 days ago · 357 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2371 days ago · 582 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 2432 days ago · 549 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2432 days ago · 613 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2437 days ago · 585 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2440 days ago · 599 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4259 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2446 days ago · 485 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 549 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2448 days ago · 554 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2449 days ago · 531 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4271 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2450 days ago · 560 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2453 days ago · 582 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2456 days ago · 509 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2457 days ago · 541 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007q7s. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC.