M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 3:11 PM GMT-12 (03:11 UTC), 608 km (378 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 2019-08-23 03:11:47 UTC
- Depth
- 607.9 km (377.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.246° S, 179.174° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2584 days ago · 566 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2582 days ago · 611 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2567 days ago · 520 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2562 days ago · 571 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2561 days ago · 523 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2561 days ago · 590 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2559 days ago · 598 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2549 days ago · 628 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2548 days ago · 592 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2548 days ago · 574 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2545 days ago · 593 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2543 days ago · 632 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2542 days ago · 607 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2534 days ago · 610 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700057eq. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.