Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 8:42 AM GMT+13 (19:42 UTC), 621 km (386 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-11-10 19:42:05 UTC
Depth
621.0 km (385.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.809° S, 177.611° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
59

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 563 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2146 days ago · 626 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2140 days ago · 542 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.6273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2137 days ago · 557 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.2295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2128 days ago · 305 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 603 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 550 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 617 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 408 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2107 days ago · 552 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2104 days ago · 633 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 598 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2099 days ago · 630 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 512 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 355 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2089 days ago · 593 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2149 days ago · 448 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2159 days ago · 579 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2160 days ago · 596 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 471 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2163 days ago · 624 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2172 days ago · 393 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2173 days ago · 549 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2174 days ago · 567 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2178 days ago · 634 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2178 days ago · 599 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cehl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.