Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 9:04 AM GMT+13 (20:04 UTC), 583 km (362 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
2019-01-26 20:04:38 UTC
Depth
582.7 km (362.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.149° S, 178.944° 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 9.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
19°
Stations used
266

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 2801 days ago · 585 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2796 days ago · 586 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 614 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.9Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 545 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 579 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2783 days ago · 598 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.0289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2779 days ago · 487 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2779 days ago · 605 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 5.5Fiji region · 2776 days ago · 615 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2769 days ago · 658 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2766 days ago · 527 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2764 days ago · 570 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.6299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2758 days ago · 489 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2754 days ago · 600 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2752 days ago · 600 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2751 days ago · 606 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.2299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2750 days ago · 481 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 2748 days ago · 590 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 2742 days ago · 544 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 6.2Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 588 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2809 days ago · 587 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2821 days ago · 601 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2823 days ago · 624 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2824 days ago · 543 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 618 km deep · 40 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j99f. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.