M4.4 earthquake 271 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 271 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 9:17 AM GMT+12 (21:17 UTC), 560 km (348 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-19 21:17:00 UTC
- Depth
- 559.7 km (347.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.607° S, 178.675° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 554 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2428 days ago · 567 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2400 days ago · 560 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007k7l. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC.