M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:18 AM GMT+13 (18:18 UTC), 503 km (312 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2020-04-11 18:18:33 UTC
- Depth
- 502.7 km (312.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.839° S, 178.358° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2363 days ago · 503 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2355 days ago · 609 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2353 days ago · 611 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2353 days ago · 540 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2351 days ago · 546 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2349 days ago · 609 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2346 days ago · 626 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4272 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2345 days ago · 382 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2344 days ago · 506 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2343 days ago · 388 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2342 days ago · 520 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2339 days ago · 621 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2335 days ago · 441 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2335 days ago · 505 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2334 days ago · 480 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2333 days ago · 539 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2330 days ago · 548 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2328 days ago · 496 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2327 days ago · 601 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2327 days ago · 574 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 436 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2321 days ago · 539 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2320 days ago · 594 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2313 days ago · 496 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2311 days ago · 611 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2309 days ago · 547 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2306 days ago · 548 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2366 days ago · 522 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2368 days ago · 582 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2370 days ago · 357 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2374 days ago · 570 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2382 days ago · 601 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4257 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2383 days ago · 400 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2383 days ago · 454 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2383 days ago · 618 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2384 days ago · 581 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2387 days ago · 499 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2389 days ago · 524 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2391 days ago · 577 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2393 days ago · 464 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008yjx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.