Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 7:21 PM GMT-12 (07:21 UTC), 573 km (356 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-11-13 07:21:33 UTC
Depth
572.5 km (355.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.870° S, 179.427° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
97

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2512 days ago · 613 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2512 days ago · 592 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2501 days ago · 583 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2500 days ago · 563 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2499 days ago · 564 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 2499 days ago · 587 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2491 days ago · 609 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2476 days ago · 619 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2476 days ago · 588 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2470 days ago · 595 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2516 days ago · 598 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2518 days ago · 554 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 6.5Fiji region · 2518 days ago · 577 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2531 days ago · 559 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 2531 days ago · 610 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006azn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.