M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 9, 2019, 7:48 AM GMT+13 (18:48 UTC), 444 km (276 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 south of the Fiji Islands. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-08 18:48:49 UTC
- Depth
- 444.5 km (276.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.657° S, 178.164° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2626 days ago · 514 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 2615 days ago · 442 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2604 days ago · 426 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2603 days ago · 600 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2596 days ago · 517 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1246 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2586 days ago · 383 km deep · 85 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004n3r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.