M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 6:01 AM GMT-12 (18:01 UTC), 596 km (370 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-03 18:01:17 UTC
- Depth
- 596.0 km (370.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.836° S, 179.201° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 2723 days ago · 609 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2723 days ago · 546 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2716 days ago · 595 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2711 days ago · 580 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2711 days ago · 591 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2691 days ago · 604 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2688 days ago · 580 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2688 days ago · 592 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2685 days ago · 579 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2682 days ago · 581 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2677 days ago · 603 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k9sk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC.