M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 2:25 PM GMT+13 (01:25 UTC), 532 km (331 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 2020-09-03 01:25:38 UTC
- Depth
- 532.4 km (330.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.787° S, 178.186° 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, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 28
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 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2217 days ago · 556 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2215 days ago · 605 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2209 days ago · 547 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2208 days ago · 513 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2204 days ago · 350 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2203 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2203 days ago · 589 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2200 days ago · 594 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2199 days ago · 526 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2194 days ago · 568 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2193 days ago · 566 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2192 days ago · 404 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2192 days ago · 593 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2253 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2186 days ago · 398 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2186 days ago · 506 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2185 days ago · 593 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2184 days ago · 603 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2181 days ago · 507 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2180 days ago · 534 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2177 days ago · 452 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2175 days ago · 591 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2174 days ago · 615 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2165 days ago · 573 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2163 days ago · 510 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2163 days ago · 575 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2163 days ago · 587 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2162 days ago · 499 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2221 days ago · 499 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2222 days ago · 492 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2225 days ago · 567 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2228 days ago · 590 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2231 days ago · 558 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2232 days ago · 495 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2236 days ago · 502 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2238 days ago · 585 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2240 days ago · 559 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2246 days ago · 558 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2247 days ago · 526 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2248 days ago · 606 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bk8q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.