Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 7:04 AM GMT+13 (18:04 UTC), 561 km (348 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-03-24 18:04:04 UTC
Depth
560.7 km (348.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.657° S, 177.871° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 578 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.2242 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2731 days ago · 516 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2727 days ago · 542 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2725 days ago · 471 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 582 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.3295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 579 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2713 days ago · 527 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 2712 days ago · 617 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2712 days ago · 361 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2711 days ago · 606 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 2711 days ago · 548 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2707 days ago · 415 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2706 days ago · 595 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2706 days ago · 536 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2705 days ago · 588 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2702 days ago · 534 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2701 days ago · 517 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 4.2299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2701 days ago · 565 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 4.4299 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2697 days ago · 574 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 2695 days ago · 551 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 4.7Fiji region · 2694 days ago · 567 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2689 days ago · 500 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2687 days ago · 556 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 2686 days ago · 571 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 4.0Fiji region · 2684 days ago · 584 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2683 days ago · 516 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 4.7290 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2683 days ago · 384 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 4.4262 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2682 days ago · 536 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2681 days ago · 518 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2680 days ago · 514 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2741 days ago · 496 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2744 days ago · 581 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2751 days ago · 563 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2758 days ago · 384 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k8my. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.