M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 5:28 PM GMT+13 (04:28 UTC), 514 km (319 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-25 04:28:09 UTC
- Depth
- 514.0 km (319.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.713° S, 178.164° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2619 days ago · 324 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 2611 days ago · 442 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2600 days ago · 426 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2599 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2593 days ago · 517 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1246 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2583 days ago · 383 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2575 days ago · 464 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2567 days ago · 520 km deep · 68 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004ymr. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.