M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 18, 2019, 12:30 PM GMT-12 (00:30 UTC), 606 km (376 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-19 00:30:33 UTC
- Depth
- 605.6 km (376.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.530° S, 179.502° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 12.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2743 days ago · 544 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2740 days ago · 617 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2736 days ago · 596 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2724 days ago · 609 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2717 days ago · 595 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2711 days ago · 580 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2711 days ago · 591 km deep · 56 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k5zt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC.