M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 10:30 AM GMT-12 (22:30 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-21 22:30:13 UTC
- Depth
- 582.7 km (362.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.917° S, 179.611° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 2228 days ago · 565 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2225 days ago · 587 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2225 days ago · 585 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2224 days ago · 600 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2207 days ago · 595 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2192 days ago · 575 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2170 days ago · 606 km deep · 83 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bdry. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.