M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 3, 2019, 9:59 PM GMT+13 (08:59 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-03 08:59:53 UTC
- Depth
- 584.4 km (363.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.082° S, 177.374° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2795 days ago · 330 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2794 days ago · 560 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2787 days ago · 507 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2786 days ago · 610 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2776 days ago · 576 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2765 days ago · 384 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2758 days ago · 563 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2758 days ago · 619 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2757 days ago · 551 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2753 days ago · 626 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2750 days ago · 581 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2750 days ago · 486 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2746 days ago · 561 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2739 days ago · 578 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 2799 days ago · 482 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2810 days ago · 564 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2815 days ago · 561 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2817 days ago · 572 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2822 days ago · 548 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jn7y. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.