M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 2:29 PM GMT-12 (02:29 UTC), 598 km (372 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-27 02:29:39 UTC
- Depth
- 598.4 km (371.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.880° S, 179.381° 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 14.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2553 days ago · 592 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2553 days ago · 574 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2534 days ago · 610 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2533 days ago · 559 km deep · 61 km away
- 6.5Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 577 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2521 days ago · 554 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2519 days ago · 598 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2516 days ago · 573 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2515 days ago · 613 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2515 days ago · 592 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2504 days ago · 583 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005m5n. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.