M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 10:48 PM GMT-12 (10:48 UTC), 600 km (373 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-16 10:48:26 UTC
- Depth
- 600.4 km (373.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.660° S, 179.326° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2356 days ago · 601 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2356 days ago · 598 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2356 days ago · 612 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2355 days ago · 588 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2346 days ago · 626 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2345 days ago · 625 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2340 days ago · 621 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2336 days ago · 633 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2334 days ago · 618 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2333 days ago · 539 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008gxc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.