M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 3:50 PM GMT-12 (03:50 UTC), 595 km (369 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 2020-09-13 03:50:49 UTC
- Depth
- 594.5 km (369.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.826° S, 179.421° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2194 days ago · 575 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 606 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2168 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2160 days ago · 549 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2160 days ago · 583 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2148 days ago · 577 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2226 days ago · 600 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2226 days ago · 585 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2227 days ago · 587 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 565 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 583 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2234 days ago · 602 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bpfe. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.