M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 3:41 AM GMT+12 (15:41 UTC), 658 km (409 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-28 15:41:30 UTC
- Depth
- 657.6 km (408.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.274° S, 179.008° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2767 days ago · 570 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2756 days ago · 600 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2756 days ago · 664 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2754 days ago · 600 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2751 days ago · 590 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2742 days ago · 617 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2736 days ago · 580 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2735 days ago · 542 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 549 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2726 days ago · 577 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2726 days ago · 573 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2721 days ago · 617 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2714 days ago · 536 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 5.5Fiji region · 2779 days ago · 615 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2786 days ago · 598 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 579 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2791 days ago · 545 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2791 days ago · 614 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2795 days ago · 593 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2799 days ago · 586 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jch5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:59 AM UTC.