Fiji earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 19, 2015, 9:41 AM GMT+13 (20:41 UTC), 591 km (367 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Fiji region. 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
2015-01-18 20:41:17 UTC
Depth
591.0 km (367.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.631° S, 178.031° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4274 days ago · 566 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 4266 days ago · 590 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 4264 days ago · 607 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4255 days ago · 596 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4255 days ago · 559 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4254 days ago · 506 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.6271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4251 days ago · 542 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 4249 days ago · 589 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4247 days ago · 406 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4247 days ago · 542 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 4242 days ago · 595 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 4241 days ago · 576 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4240 days ago · 589 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.1295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4236 days ago · 468 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 4236 days ago · 534 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4234 days ago · 529 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 4231 days ago · 597 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.8291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4231 days ago · 552 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 5.1Fiji region · 4227 days ago · 565 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.3259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4223 days ago · 401 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4220 days ago · 506 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 4277 days ago · 451 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4278 days ago · 534 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.4280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4278 days ago · 417 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.2277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4282 days ago · 515 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4283 days ago · 574 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 4283 days ago · 574 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.2277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4289 days ago · 554 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.3266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4292 days ago · 422 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 382 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 598 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 590 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 601 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 5.4Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 606 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 616 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.7Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 613 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 6.0Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 599 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 4.5Fiji region · 4295 days ago · 589 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4297 days ago · 566 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4297 days ago · 500 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.9Fiji region · 4301 days ago · 468 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000th09. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC.