M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 5:05 PM GMT-12 (05:05 UTC), 601 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-07 05:05:57 UTC
- Depth
- 600.9 km (373.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.965° S, 179.031° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 20.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2804 days ago · 583 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 583 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2801 days ago · 585 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2779 days ago · 605 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2771 days ago · 594 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2771 days ago · 588 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2766 days ago · 527 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 2823 days ago · 624 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 618 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 2831 days ago · 589 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 578 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2841 days ago · 600 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 590 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8a6. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.