Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 11:40 AM GMT+13 (22:40 UTC), 614 km (382 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-02-08 22:40:18 UTC
Depth
614.5 km (381.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.583° S, 178.416° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 16.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 545 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 579 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2783 days ago · 598 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 535 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.0289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2779 days ago · 487 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2778 days ago · 536 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 5.5Fiji region · 2776 days ago · 615 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2769 days ago · 658 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2765 days ago · 527 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2764 days ago · 570 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.5272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2764 days ago · 492 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.6299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2758 days ago · 489 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 2754 days ago · 600 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.3292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2753 days ago · 664 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2752 days ago · 600 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.2299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2750 days ago · 481 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.5Fiji region · 2748 days ago · 590 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2747 days ago · 496 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 2742 days ago · 544 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 4.8Fiji region · 2739 days ago · 617 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 2735 days ago · 493 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 4.5Fiji region · 2734 days ago · 580 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 542 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.4Fiji region · 2729 days ago · 549 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2792 days ago · 593 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2796 days ago · 586 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2799 days ago · 457 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2801 days ago · 585 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2801 days ago · 562 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 5.3Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 583 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 6.2Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 588 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 545 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 519 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2808 days ago · 498 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2809 days ago · 587 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2817 days ago · 476 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2818 days ago · 545 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jnfg. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.