Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 18, 2019, 4:00 PM GMT+13 (03:00 UTC), 604 km (375 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-05-18 03:00:09 UTC
Depth
603.8 km (375.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.120° S, 178.664° 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 17.0 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2687 days ago · 597 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2685 days ago · 580 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.9Fiji region · 2679 days ago · 581 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2674 days ago · 603 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2669 days ago · 468 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 2665 days ago · 616 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2661 days ago · 559 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2657 days ago · 505 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 5.1Fiji region · 2655 days ago · 623 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 2652 days ago · 464 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2651 days ago · 542 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2651 days ago · 571 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.8Fiji region · 2651 days ago · 634 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2648 days ago · 564 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.8Fiji region · 2648 days ago · 528 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2644 days ago · 584 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2644 days ago · 555 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2636 days ago · 444 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.7Fiji region · 2635 days ago · 518 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2689 days ago · 571 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2703 days ago · 608 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.1274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2705 days ago · 510 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2711 days ago · 471 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 5.0275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2711 days ago · 442 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2712 days ago · 459 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60003rr3. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.