Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 11:13 PM GMT+13 (10:13 UTC), 626 km (389 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-01 10:13:53 UTC
Depth
626.0 km (388.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.122° S, 178.390° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2617 days ago · 413 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2617 days ago · 553 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2607 days ago · 541 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2606 days ago · 441 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 2602 days ago · 600 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2599 days ago · 547 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2592 days ago · 501 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 6.6Fiji region · 2587 days ago · 591 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 2586 days ago · 600 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.4290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2585 days ago · 505 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 611 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 2583 days ago · 593 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2577 days ago · 464 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2576 days ago · 597 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 2576 days ago · 549 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 5.3Fiji region · 2564 days ago · 523 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2623 days ago · 601 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2630 days ago · 491 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2631 days ago · 568 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2639 days ago · 480 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.7Fiji region · 2640 days ago · 518 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004ygx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC.