M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Nov 6, 1986, 9:05 AM GMT+13 (20:05 UTC), 621 km (386 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-05 20:05:57 UTC
- Depth
- 620.5 km (385.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.837° S, 178.829° 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 14561 days ago · 641 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14557 days ago · 614 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14542 days ago · 606 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14535 days ago · 589 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14531 days ago · 594 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14525 days ago · 466 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 14521 days ago · 529 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14513 days ago · 593 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14507 days ago · 560 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002zqd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.