M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 10:04 PM GMT+13 (09:04 UTC), 606 km (377 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-22 09:04:38 UTC
- Depth
- 606.4 km (376.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.029° S, 177.904° 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 17.5 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2711 days ago · 548 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2709 days ago · 616 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2706 days ago · 595 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2705 days ago · 545 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2705 days ago · 524 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2704 days ago · 374 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2702 days ago · 532 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2701 days ago · 565 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2695 days ago · 551 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2692 days ago · 562 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2688 days ago · 556 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2684 days ago · 584 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2684 days ago · 552 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7290 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2683 days ago · 384 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2677 days ago · 566 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2670 days ago · 632 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2669 days ago · 528 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2666 days ago · 583 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2666 days ago · 621 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2654 days ago · 587 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2652 days ago · 554 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2652 days ago · 571 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2652 days ago · 534 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 2712 days ago · 361 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2713 days ago · 436 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 579 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 582 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2723 days ago · 594 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2725 days ago · 471 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2726 days ago · 630 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2726 days ago · 549 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2727 days ago · 579 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 578 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2736 days ago · 539 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2736 days ago · 599 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2738 days ago · 640 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2739 days ago · 561 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003fle. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.