Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 2, 2020, 2:53 AM GMT+13 (13:53 UTC), 556 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-05-01 13:53:01 UTC
Depth
555.7 km (345.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.177° S, 177.400° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2336 days ago · 625 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2333 days ago · 580 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2325 days ago · 614 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2324 days ago · 523 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2310 days ago · 574 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.1295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2307 days ago · 303 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2302 days ago · 546 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.6276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 555 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 2294 days ago · 565 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.5297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2291 days ago · 466 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2290 days ago · 623 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2346 days ago · 624 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 2347 days ago · 617 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2352 days ago · 332 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.2230 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2353 days ago · 570 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.3296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2365 days ago · 555 km deep · 31 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009b4s. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:29 AM UTC.