M4.3 earthquake 104 km NE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 104 km NE of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Jan 10, 2019, 9:49 PM GMT+13 (08:49 UTC), 609 km (378 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 148 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-10 08:49:59 UTC
- Depth
- 608.8 km (378.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.474° S, 179.919° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j8tu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC.