M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 8:52 PM GMT-12 (08:52 UTC), 686 km (426 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 2005-11-26 08:52:12 UTC
- Depth
- 685.6 km (426.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.486° S, 179.417° 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 usp000e4xq. 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
- 140°
- Stations used
- 13
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
- 5.5Fiji region · 7612 days ago · 645 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7609 days ago · 533 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7607 days ago · 564 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7600 days ago · 550 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7594 days ago · 590 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7590 days ago · 563 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7589 days ago · 592 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7589 days ago · 562 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 7583 days ago · 611 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7581 days ago · 517 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 7580 days ago · 620 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7571 days ago · 502 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 7569 days ago · 585 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 7563 days ago · 555 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e4xq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.