Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 8:48 AM GMT+13 (19:48 UTC), 508 km (316 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-10-11 19:48:44 UTC
Depth
508.0 km (315.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.696° S, 178.161° 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 26.2 km horizontally, 17.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
231°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0238 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2543 days ago · 390 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2542 days ago · 632 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2542 days ago · 541 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 2541 days ago · 607 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 5.3Fiji region · 2534 days ago · 610 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2529 days ago · 493 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2527 days ago · 515 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2526 days ago · 548 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 2524 days ago · 610 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2521 days ago · 571 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2520 days ago · 492 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2518 days ago · 518 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 2517 days ago · 553 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 2517 days ago · 592 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2516 days ago · 516 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2514 days ago · 545 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2510 days ago · 500 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 2507 days ago · 587 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 5.8274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2507 days ago · 499 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.1255 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2505 days ago · 517 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 2501 days ago · 580 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.2279 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2500 days ago · 447 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 4.0298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2500 days ago · 468 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 2497 days ago · 561 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 4.4Fiji region · 2489 days ago · 602 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 4.3Fiji region · 2489 days ago · 535 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.5Fiji region · 2485 days ago · 518 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 594 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 2544 days ago · 593 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2548 days ago · 574 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2549 days ago · 533 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2549 days ago · 628 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 2560 days ago · 590 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 5.3Fiji region · 2561 days ago · 523 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 2566 days ago · 520 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2573 days ago · 549 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005vjs. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC.