M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jul 18, 1981, 8:30 PM GMT+13 (07:30 UTC), 318 km (197 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 297 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. 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
- 1981-07-18 07:30:49 UTC
- Depth
- 317.8 km (197.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.383° S, 177.981° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 16506 days ago · 541 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.0297 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 16502 days ago · 380 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 16485 days ago · 423 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 16464 days ago · 446 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 16456 days ago · 355 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001esk. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC.