M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 6, 2020, 11:10 PM GMT-12 (11:10 UTC), 608 km (378 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-07 11:10:42 UTC
- Depth
- 608.1 km (377.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.694° S, 179.333° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 120
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2118 days ago · 578 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2115 days ago · 574 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 629 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 571 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2098 days ago · 593 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2095 days ago · 545 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2080 days ago · 607 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2079 days ago · 579 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2072 days ago · 586 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 2072 days ago · 545 km deep · 47 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cntd. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.