M4.7 earthquake 291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 10:38 AM GMT+12 (22:38 UTC), 632 km (393 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-06 22:38:37 UTC
- Depth
- 632.2 km (392.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.123° S, 178.950° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2120 days ago · 584 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2119 days ago · 610 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 544 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 544 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 545 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2099 days ago · 564 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2096 days ago · 582 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2091 days ago · 565 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2089 days ago · 558 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 574 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2077 days ago · 560 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cpst. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC.