Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 19, 2015, 2:19 PM GMT+13 (01:19 UTC), 554 km (344 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-05-19 01:19:13 UTC
Depth
553.9 km (344.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.942° S, 177.879° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
92°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4155 days ago · 424 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 600 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.3284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4151 days ago · 564 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.2283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4149 days ago · 477 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4148 days ago · 608 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4146 days ago · 520 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 538 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 4143 days ago · 546 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4136 days ago · 550 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 4135 days ago · 578 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 526 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4134 days ago · 492 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 572 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 592 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 453 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 6.0Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 563 km deep · 72 km away · tsunami flag
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 588 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 445 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 553 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.3294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4115 days ago · 464 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 4.3241 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4114 days ago · 526 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 4.1294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4113 days ago · 558 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 4.4277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4107 days ago · 487 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 4103 days ago · 566 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 4.6Fiji region · 4100 days ago · 569 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4099 days ago · 530 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 4.6278 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4157 days ago · 558 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.0291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 4158 days ago · 559 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.2261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4158 days ago · 451 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4161 days ago · 580 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 4165 days ago · 471 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4171 days ago · 415 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 4171 days ago · 594 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4173 days ago · 537 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 562 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 4177 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4177 days ago · 490 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 507 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4179 days ago · 487 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 4185 days ago · 571 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 4.6293 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4185 days ago · 536 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002af2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.