Fiji earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 298 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 298 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 1:51 PM GMT+12 (01:51 UTC), 605 km (376 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb), light
Local time: Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 1:51 PM GMT+12
UTC: 2019-01-27 01:51:11 UTC
Depth: 604.7 km (375.7 mi), deep
Epicenter: 18.181° S, 177.861° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 38°
Stations used: 66

Nearest places

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

Labasa, FijiPopulation 27,949. Forecast353 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j9c3 (also filed as iscgem614617850). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.