Fiji earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 3:49 AM GMT-12 (15:49 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-11-20 15:49:30 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
21.692° S, 179.800° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
67

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 1410 days ago · 542 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1408 days ago · 583 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1395 days ago · 592 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1395 days ago · 569 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 1393 days ago · 600 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 1392 days ago · 587 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 1390 days ago · 518 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1387 days ago · 616 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1381 days ago · 562 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1376 days ago · 585 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1369 days ago · 557 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 1364 days ago · 600 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1359 days ago · 598 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1417 days ago · 574 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 1424 days ago · 569 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1432 days ago · 577 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1438 days ago · 527 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000is4x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.