M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 4:31 AM GMT+12 (16:31 UTC), 205 km (127 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-19 16:31:36 UTC
- Depth
- 204.6 km (127.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.512° S, 177.822° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3257 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2768 days ago · 442 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2713 days ago · 402 km deep · 89 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000j8uu. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.