M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 19, 2006, 7:43 PM GMT+13 (06:43 UTC), 543 km (337 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-19 06:43:19 UTC
- Depth
- 543.0 km (337.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.250° S, 177.510° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000er9y. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7347 days ago · 544 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7347 days ago · 600 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7346 days ago · 473 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7345 days ago · 553 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7340 days ago · 502 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7333 days ago · 528 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9268 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7306 days ago · 646 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9292 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7300 days ago · 451 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.5287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7300 days ago · 500 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7294 days ago · 600 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5243 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7292 days ago · 548 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 3.8Fiji region · 7350 days ago · 577 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7356 days ago · 629 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7357 days ago · 497 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7357 days ago · 559 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7360 days ago · 382 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7363 days ago · 557 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7365 days ago · 559 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.6294 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7370 days ago · 552 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7376 days ago · 543 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000er9y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC.