Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 9:21 PM GMT+13 (08:21 UTC), 582 km (362 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-04-14 08:21:35 UTC
Depth
582.1 km (361.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.595° S, 177.814° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2719 days ago · 579 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2717 days ago · 527 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.8Fiji region · 2717 days ago · 617 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2717 days ago · 361 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2715 days ago · 606 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2715 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2711 days ago · 595 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2710 days ago · 536 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 2709 days ago · 588 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2707 days ago · 534 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2706 days ago · 517 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.2299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2705 days ago · 565 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.4299 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2702 days ago · 574 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 2700 days ago · 551 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.7Fiji region · 2699 days ago · 567 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2694 days ago · 500 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2692 days ago · 556 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 2691 days ago · 571 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 2689 days ago · 584 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2688 days ago · 516 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 4.7290 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2688 days ago · 384 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 4.4262 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2687 days ago · 536 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2686 days ago · 518 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 4.6Fiji region · 2682 days ago · 566 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2681 days ago · 504 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 4.5Fiji region · 2670 days ago · 621 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2670 days ago · 491 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 4.1Fiji region · 2663 days ago · 549 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2729 days ago · 471 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 542 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.2242 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2736 days ago · 516 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 2737 days ago · 578 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2744 days ago · 561 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2746 days ago · 496 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2748 days ago · 581 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003arn. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.