Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 4:36 AM GMT-12 (16:36 UTC), 588 km (365 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-06-22 16:36:20 UTC
Depth
587.6 km (365.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.885° S, 179.385° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
69

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2657 days ago · 464 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 2656 days ago · 500 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2655 days ago · 586 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.8Fiji region · 2655 days ago · 634 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2653 days ago · 602 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 5.8south of the Fiji Islands · 2647 days ago · 596 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2646 days ago · 547 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2635 days ago · 593 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2617 days ago · 561 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 2614 days ago · 442 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2611 days ago · 559 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2658 days ago · 595 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 5.1Fiji region · 2660 days ago · 623 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2670 days ago · 593 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2679 days ago · 603 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2687 days ago · 579 km deep · 73 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600044nh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC.