Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 1:23 AM GMT-12 (13:23 UTC), 592 km (368 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-11-14 13:23:19 UTC
Depth
592.1 km (367.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.047° S, 179.285° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
69

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2509 days ago · 650 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2499 days ago · 583 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2497 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2496 days ago · 587 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2489 days ago · 602 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2489 days ago · 609 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 619 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 588 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2472 days ago · 569 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 2471 days ago · 602 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2510 days ago · 613 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2511 days ago · 573 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2516 days ago · 592 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2516 days ago · 553 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2518 days ago · 518 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 2524 days ago · 610 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2528 days ago · 559 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 2529 days ago · 610 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 5.3Fiji region · 2534 days ago · 610 km deep · 48 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006bhr. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:45 PM UTC.