M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 2:44 PM GMT+13 (01:44 UTC), 601 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.6 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-27 01:44:14 UTC
- Depth
- 601.3 km (373.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.687° S, 178.118° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2620 days ago · 626 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2619 days ago · 556 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2609 days ago · 541 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2608 days ago · 441 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2605 days ago · 541 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2602 days ago · 547 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2597 days ago · 361 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2594 days ago · 501 km deep · 88 km away
- 6.6Fiji region · 2589 days ago · 591 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 4.6Fiji region · 2589 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2586 days ago · 593 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2579 days ago · 597 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2579 days ago · 549 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.3293 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2628 days ago · 564 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2629 days ago · 590 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2632 days ago · 491 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2634 days ago · 568 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2641 days ago · 480 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2642 days ago · 518 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2652 days ago · 584 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004znh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC.