M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 3:47 AM GMT+12 (15:47 UTC), 405 km (252 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-15 15:47:19 UTC
- Depth
- 404.9 km (251.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.405° S, 177.200° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 631 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2086 days ago · 521 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 397 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2079 days ago · 577 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2073 days ago · 342 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2073 days ago · 364 km deep · 8 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cs6b. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.