Fiji earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:00 PM GMT-12 (02:00 UTC), 588 km (365 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-02-27 02:00:01 UTC
Depth
587.8 km (365.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.973° S, 179.463° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
132

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2752 days ago · 606 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 2736 days ago · 596 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 2723 days ago · 609 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2723 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2716 days ago · 595 km deep · 1 km away

Before

  1. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2772 days ago · 594 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2780 days ago · 605 km deep · 51 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jpcr (also filed as iscgem614981593). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.