M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 3:12 PM GMT-12 (03:12 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-14 03:12:27 UTC
- Depth
- 613.0 km (380.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.783° S, 179.692° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2510 days ago · 592 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2499 days ago · 583 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2497 days ago · 564 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2496 days ago · 587 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2489 days ago · 609 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 619 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 588 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2468 days ago · 595 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 2511 days ago · 573 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2514 days ago · 598 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2516 days ago · 554 km deep · 37 km away
- 6.5Fiji region · 2516 days ago · 577 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2528 days ago · 559 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2529 days ago · 610 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006b2x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.