M4.4 earthquake 298 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 298 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Oct 10, 2020, 7:25 PM GMT+12 (07:25 UTC), 656 km (408 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 2020-10-10 07:25:08 UTC
- Depth
- 656.0 km (407.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.456° S, 179.363° 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 11.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 67
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2175 days ago · 615 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2166 days ago · 573 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2164 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2149 days ago · 625 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2126 days ago · 632 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 2126 days ago · 613 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c79r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.