Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 3:05 AM GMT+12 (15:05 UTC), 628 km (390 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-10-06 15:05:36 UTC
Depth
627.9 km (390.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.491° S, 178.878° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2551 days ago · 533 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2550 days ago · 574 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 2547 days ago · 593 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2547 days ago · 594 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2546 days ago · 508 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2545 days ago · 632 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 607 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 5.3Fiji region · 2537 days ago · 610 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 2527 days ago · 610 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2523 days ago · 571 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 518 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2520 days ago · 553 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2519 days ago · 592 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 2512 days ago · 592 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2512 days ago · 650 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 2510 days ago · 587 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 2500 days ago · 561 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 2492 days ago · 602 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 2563 days ago · 590 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 5.3Fiji region · 2564 days ago · 523 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2569 days ago · 520 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2576 days ago · 549 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2577 days ago · 464 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005uds. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:29 AM UTC.