M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 13, 2005, 6:03 AM GMT+13 (17:03 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 286 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2005-11-12 17:03:17 UTC
- Depth
- 612.6 km (380.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.764° S, 177.627° 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 usp000e418. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 7631 days ago · 340 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7620 days ago · 554 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7612 days ago · 563 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7611 days ago · 566 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.8286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7610 days ago · 578 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7607 days ago · 583 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7605 days ago · 566 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7602 days ago · 570 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7599 days ago · 544 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7599 days ago · 551 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7594 days ago · 516 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7591 days ago · 601 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.9272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7590 days ago · 442 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7580 days ago · 676 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7580 days ago · 530 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7579 days ago · 470 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7577 days ago · 606 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7577 days ago · 599 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7575 days ago · 561 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7572 days ago · 365 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 4.7281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7633 days ago · 462 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7633 days ago · 544 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2264 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7637 days ago · 613 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7647 days ago · 543 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.8294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7658 days ago · 565 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e418. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.