Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 8:12 PM GMT+13 (07:12 UTC), 567 km (352 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-11-30 07:12:33 UTC
Depth
566.5 km (352.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.587° S, 178.367° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
143

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2124 days ago · 555 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.7291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 632 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 5.4Fiji region · 2121 days ago · 613 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 524 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.1289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 465 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 573 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 629 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 584 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 492 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 610 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 544 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 568 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 490 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 558 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 545 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2107 days ago · 467 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2104 days ago · 568 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.0278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2102 days ago · 471 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 2099 days ago · 488 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2098 days ago · 498 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 515 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 2096 days ago · 542 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 2093 days ago · 564 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 4.2Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 582 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2086 days ago · 471 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 536 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 4.5Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 565 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 578 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 4.0Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 589 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 4.3Fiji region · 2082 days ago · 558 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 4.7Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 554 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 526 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 521 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 4.6Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 574 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 4.8Fiji region · 2070 days ago · 560 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 510 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2133 days ago · 570 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2144 days ago · 625 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cl3a. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC.