Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 4:34 PM GMT+13 (03:34 UTC), 570 km (354 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-03-05 03:34:47 UTC
Depth
569.6 km (353.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.740° S, 178.769° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2759 days ago · 489 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2755 days ago · 600 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.3292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2754 days ago · 664 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2752 days ago · 600 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.2299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2750 days ago · 481 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2749 days ago · 590 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2743 days ago · 544 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 2740 days ago · 617 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2736 days ago · 493 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2734 days ago · 580 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2733 days ago · 542 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2730 days ago · 549 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 2725 days ago · 577 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2724 days ago · 573 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2716 days ago · 459 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 5.0275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 442 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 471 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2712 days ago · 536 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 4.1274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2708 days ago · 510 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.6Fiji region · 2706 days ago · 608 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2766 days ago · 527 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2770 days ago · 658 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 5.5Fiji region · 2777 days ago · 615 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2779 days ago · 536 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.0289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 487 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2784 days ago · 598 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2786 days ago · 579 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.9Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 545 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 614 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2793 days ago · 593 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jfig. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.