M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 7:26 AM GMT+13 (18:26 UTC), 597 km (371 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 295 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2019-09-11 18:26:49 UTC
- Depth
- 597.5 km (371.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.687° S, 178.289° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2573 days ago · 549 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2559 days ago · 367 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2559 days ago · 560 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2549 days ago · 533 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 594 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2537 days ago · 552 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2536 days ago · 526 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.2295 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2531 days ago · 382 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2527 days ago · 515 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2526 days ago · 548 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 525 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 571 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2516 days ago · 516 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2514 days ago · 545 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 4.7Fiji region · 2580 days ago · 593 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 600 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.6Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 591 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2591 days ago · 361 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2596 days ago · 547 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2603 days ago · 441 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60005l0x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.