M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 3:21 AM GMT-12 (15:21 UTC), 588 km (366 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-21 15:21:16 UTC
- Depth
- 588.2 km (365.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.980° S, 179.424° 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, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2342 days ago · 625 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2337 days ago · 621 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2333 days ago · 633 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2331 days ago · 618 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 607 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2328 days ago · 581 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2320 days ago · 537 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2315 days ago · 595 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2314 days ago · 540 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2310 days ago · 603 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2307 days ago · 593 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2307 days ago · 576 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2303 days ago · 570 km deep · 91 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000911m. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.