Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 8:19 PM GMT-12 (08:19 UTC), 624 km (388 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-01-05 08:19:35 UTC
Depth
624.0 km (387.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.202° S, 179.117° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
39

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 2822 days ago · 601 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2810 days ago · 587 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 6.2Fiji region · 2803 days ago · 588 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 5.3Fiji region · 2803 days ago · 583 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2801 days ago · 585 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2797 days ago · 586 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2786 days ago · 579 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2784 days ago · 598 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2780 days ago · 605 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 5.5Fiji region · 2777 days ago · 615 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.9Fiji region · 2771 days ago · 588 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2766 days ago · 527 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2765 days ago · 570 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 543 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2826 days ago · 618 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 588 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2841 days ago · 578 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 2842 days ago · 600 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2849 days ago · 539 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 590 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 482 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j7qk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.