Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 10:06 PM GMT+13 (09:06 UTC), 408 km (253 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-12-21 09:06:28 UTC
Depth
407.6 km (253.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.459° S, 177.702° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
81

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5268 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2106 days ago · 551 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2098 days ago · 498 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 515 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2093 days ago · 564 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 593 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2088 days ago · 539 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2087 days ago · 613 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 536 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 526 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 574 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.2299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2071 days ago · 493 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.8292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 581 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 2051 days ago · 531 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2051 days ago · 480 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 558 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 544 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 610 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 550 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 396 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2124 days ago · 555 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2131 days ago · 510 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 546 km deep · 71 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cswh. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC.