M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 8:58 AM GMT+13 (19:58 UTC), 603 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-31 19:58:07 UTC
- Depth
- 602.5 km (374.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.171° S, 178.982° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 145
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 2673 days ago · 468 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2669 days ago · 593 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2669 days ago · 616 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2665 days ago · 559 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 2659 days ago · 623 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2656 days ago · 588 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2656 days ago · 464 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2654 days ago · 571 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2654 days ago · 634 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2652 days ago · 564 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2651 days ago · 528 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2647 days ago · 555 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2619 days ago · 607 km deep · 26 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003ws9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC.