Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 1:36 AM GMT+13 (12:36 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-02-05 12:36:03 UTC
Depth
592.8 km (368.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.164° S, 178.360° 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, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 614 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.9Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 545 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 579 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2783 days ago · 598 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 535 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2778 days ago · 536 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 5.5Fiji region · 2776 days ago · 615 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2769 days ago · 658 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2764 days ago · 570 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2764 days ago · 384 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2764 days ago · 492 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2756 days ago · 563 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 2754 days ago · 600 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.3292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2753 days ago · 664 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2752 days ago · 600 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 2748 days ago · 590 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 496 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 2745 days ago · 561 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.7Fiji region · 2738 days ago · 578 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 2735 days ago · 493 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 4.5Fiji region · 2734 days ago · 580 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 542 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2799 days ago · 457 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2801 days ago · 562 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 545 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 519 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2808 days ago · 498 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2809 days ago · 587 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2817 days ago · 476 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2818 days ago · 545 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2819 days ago · 538 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jnad. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.