Fiji earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 8:09 PM GMT+13 (07:09 UTC), 617 km (383 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-03-30 07:09:21 UTC
Depth
617.0 km (383.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.156° S, 179.040° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
133

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 2731 days ago · 596 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2730 days ago · 493 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2729 days ago · 580 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2725 days ago · 549 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 577 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 573 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2718 days ago · 609 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 2701 days ago · 608 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2686 days ago · 604 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2685 days ago · 597 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2683 days ago · 580 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.9Fiji region · 2677 days ago · 581 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2738 days ago · 544 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2744 days ago · 590 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.2299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2745 days ago · 481 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2746 days ago · 606 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2747 days ago · 600 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2750 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.6299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2754 days ago · 489 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2760 days ago · 570 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 2761 days ago · 527 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2765 days ago · 658 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k7jd. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.