M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 1:30 PM GMT+13 (00:30 UTC), 564 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-20 00:30:18 UTC
- Depth
- 564.1 km (350.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.373° S, 177.511° 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, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 519 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2801 days ago · 562 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2798 days ago · 482 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2794 days ago · 584 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2794 days ago · 330 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2793 days ago · 560 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2786 days ago · 507 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 610 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2775 days ago · 576 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2764 days ago · 384 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2757 days ago · 563 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2757 days ago · 619 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2756 days ago · 551 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2749 days ago · 581 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2749 days ago · 486 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2814 days ago · 561 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2816 days ago · 572 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2821 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2829 days ago · 437 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2831 days ago · 590 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2831 days ago · 499 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2834 days ago · 516 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2838 days ago · 556 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jc0g. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.