M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 4:19 AM GMT+12 (16:19 UTC), 390 km (243 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 271 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-10 16:19:51 UTC
- Depth
- 390.3 km (242.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.422° S, 177.073° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2750 days ago · 642 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2737 days ago · 603 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2713 days ago · 402 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0271 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2712 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9272 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2712 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jimt. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.