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M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 1:52 AM GMT+13 (12:52 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-12-11 12:52:53 UTC
Depth
549.7 km (341.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.806° S, 177.686° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2117 days ago · 617 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2110 days ago · 408 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2109 days ago · 552 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2106 days ago · 633 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2105 days ago · 598 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2101 days ago · 630 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2100 days ago · 512 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2092 days ago · 355 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2091 days ago · 593 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2089 days ago · 613 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2087 days ago · 560 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2081 days ago · 577 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.2299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2073 days ago · 493 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 619 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 4.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2068 days ago · 523 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 2066 days ago · 635 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.0256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2066 days ago · 536 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2060 days ago · 617 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2124 days ago · 603 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.3248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2129 days ago · 560 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.2295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 305 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.6273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2139 days ago · 557 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2142 days ago · 542 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 626 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2148 days ago · 563 km deep · 23 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cq91. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.