M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 1, 2005, 7:05 AM GMT-12 (19:05 UTC), 450 km (280 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-09-01 19:05:15 UTC
- Depth
- 450.0 km (279.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.861° S, 179.094° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000dyhb. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 7695 days ago · 586 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 7687 days ago · 574 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7679 days ago · 600 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7671 days ago · 603 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7671 days ago · 593 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7666 days ago · 523 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7660 days ago · 500 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7656 days ago · 570 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7648 days ago · 574 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000dyhb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC.