Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 6:19 AM GMT+13 (17:19 UTC), 534 km (332 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 293 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-07-18 17:19:35 UTC
Depth
533.8 km (331.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.218° S, 177.386° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for us6000kvph. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 14.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1292 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1171 days ago · 545 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 1167 days ago · 592 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 1158 days ago · 565 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 1153 days ago · 420 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 1144 days ago · 578 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.5293 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1142 days ago · 550 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.3262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1139 days ago · 376 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.0289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1128 days ago · 540 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1126 days ago · 598 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 1125 days ago · 532 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 1122 days ago · 557 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.1287 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 552 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 1114 days ago · 581 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1112 days ago · 509 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.3289 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1175 days ago · 576 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1179 days ago · 522 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 1188 days ago · 437 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1192 days ago · 561 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kvph. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.