Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:53 PM GMT+13 (02:53 UTC), 563 km (350 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-03-13 02:53:23 UTC
Depth
562.7 km (349.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.666° S, 177.764° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2756 days ago · 581 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2753 days ago · 496 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2751 days ago · 561 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 2744 days ago · 578 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 4.2242 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2743 days ago · 516 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2739 days ago · 542 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2737 days ago · 471 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2731 days ago · 582 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.3295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2726 days ago · 579 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2725 days ago · 527 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.8Fiji region · 2724 days ago · 617 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2724 days ago · 361 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2723 days ago · 606 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2723 days ago · 548 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2719 days ago · 415 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 2718 days ago · 595 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 2718 days ago · 536 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 2717 days ago · 588 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 534 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2713 days ago · 517 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 4.2299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2713 days ago · 565 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 4.4299 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2709 days ago · 574 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 4.4Fiji region · 2707 days ago · 551 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 4.7Fiji region · 2706 days ago · 567 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2770 days ago · 384 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2781 days ago · 576 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2786 days ago · 535 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jk78. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC.