Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 197 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 197 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 1:27 AM GMT+12 (13:27 UTC), 532 km (330 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 234 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-09-22 13:27:19 UTC
Depth
531.8 km (330.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.164° S, 178.817° 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 19.2 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2193 days ago · 584 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2192 days ago · 573 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2190 days ago · 633 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2187 days ago · 566 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 528 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 633 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 646 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.0218 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2184 days ago · 515 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.7288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 601 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 635 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 629 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 566 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 634 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2181 days ago · 595 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 599 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 634 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 594 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2177 days ago · 523 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2175 days ago · 567 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 2171 days ago · 564 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2170 days ago · 539 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  22. 4.4201 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 570 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2169 days ago · 556 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2167 days ago · 591 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2163 days ago · 471 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 4.7253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2163 days ago · 524 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 4.2212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2162 days ago · 563 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2161 days ago · 521 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2160 days ago · 579 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2159 days ago · 553 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 4.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2156 days ago · 599 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 4.4252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2150 days ago · 592 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 4.6249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2146 days ago · 561 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2206 days ago · 548 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2206 days ago · 574 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2207 days ago · 528 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2209 days ago · 560 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2214 days ago · 565 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.0206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2216 days ago · 590 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2217 days ago · 593 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2219 days ago · 588 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.5191 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2223 days ago · 543 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2224 days ago · 597 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 626 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2225 days ago · 644 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2228 days ago · 607 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c182. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC.