M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 6:26 PM GMT+13 (05:26 UTC), 660 km (410 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-31 05:26:35 UTC
- Depth
- 660.0 km (410.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.502° S, 178.373° 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 23.3 km horizontally, 24.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 508 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 238 days ago · 587 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.2Fiji region · 235 days ago · 513 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 542 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 231 days ago · 494 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 231 days ago · 601 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 230 days ago · 611 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 226 days ago · 585 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 219 days ago · 508 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 219 days ago · 509 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 218 days ago · 503 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1294 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 217 days ago · 561 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 217 days ago · 551 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 217 days ago · 539 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 552 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 208 days ago · 529 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 203 days ago · 518 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 201 days ago · 541 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 200 days ago · 572 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 199 days ago · 553 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 198 days ago · 590 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 198 days ago · 498 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 197 days ago · 575 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 515 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 196 days ago · 416 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 195 days ago · 517 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 192 days ago · 617 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 187 days ago · 546 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 520 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 186 days ago · 548 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 251 days ago · 597 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 252 days ago · 589 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 253 days ago · 420 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 256 days ago · 597 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 259 days ago · 528 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 260 days ago · 589 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 261 days ago · 520 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 526 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 273 days ago · 526 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 275 days ago · 491 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s9is. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.