Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 10:33 AM GMT+13 (21:33 UTC), 617 km (383 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-07-09 21:33:53 UTC
Depth
616.5 km (383.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.896° S, 177.360° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
184°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2637 days ago · 565 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2625 days ago · 590 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3293 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2624 days ago · 564 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2615 days ago · 556 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2610 days ago · 625 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 2601 days ago · 541 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2593 days ago · 361 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.2279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2592 days ago · 591 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 5.0Fiji region · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2640 days ago · 601 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.1264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2655 days ago · 527 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.5271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2659 days ago · 534 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2659 days ago · 571 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2659 days ago · 554 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2661 days ago · 587 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004nvj. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC.