Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 8:27 AM GMT+13 (19:27 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-09-04 19:27:41 UTC
Depth
592.7 km (368.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.213° S, 178.476° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2574 days ago · 464 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2573 days ago · 597 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2573 days ago · 549 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 5.3Fiji region · 2561 days ago · 523 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 2560 days ago · 590 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2548 days ago · 628 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2548 days ago · 533 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 593 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 594 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 2543 days ago · 508 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2542 days ago · 632 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 2541 days ago · 607 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 5.3Fiji region · 2533 days ago · 610 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2527 days ago · 515 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2526 days ago · 548 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 2524 days ago · 610 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 525 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 2520 days ago · 571 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2581 days ago · 611 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.4290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2582 days ago · 505 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2583 days ago · 566 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2583 days ago · 600 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 6.6Fiji region · 2583 days ago · 591 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  6. 4.5263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2588 days ago · 501 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2593 days ago · 517 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2596 days ago · 547 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 2599 days ago · 600 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2603 days ago · 441 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2604 days ago · 541 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005c39. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC.