M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 19, 2020, 1:12 PM GMT+13 (00:12 UTC), 601 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-19 00:12:52 UTC
- Depth
- 601.3 km (373.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.838° S, 178.557° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 35
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 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2323 days ago · 574 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2320 days ago · 436 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2317 days ago · 539 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2316 days ago · 594 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2309 days ago · 496 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2307 days ago · 611 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2305 days ago · 547 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2302 days ago · 548 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2297 days ago · 598 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2295 days ago · 593 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2292 days ago · 569 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1266 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 540 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2284 days ago · 549 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2282 days ago · 576 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2282 days ago · 533 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2280 days ago · 573 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2276 days ago · 561 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2276 days ago · 484 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2275 days ago · 514 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2273 days ago · 538 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 495 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 614 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 518 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 620 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 631 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2269 days ago · 582 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2264 days ago · 453 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 496 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2326 days ago · 548 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 539 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 618 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2330 days ago · 480 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2331 days ago · 441 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2335 days ago · 621 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2338 days ago · 520 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2339 days ago · 388 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 506 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2342 days ago · 626 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2345 days ago · 609 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2349 days ago · 540 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2349 days ago · 611 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2351 days ago · 609 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a00y. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC.