M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 12:19 PM GMT+13 (23:19 UTC), 532 km (331 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 2006-03-28 23:19:06 UTC
- Depth
- 532.2 km (330.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.152° S, 178.020° 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 usp000ed5p. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9244 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7492 days ago · 491 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7482 days ago · 500 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7476 days ago · 550 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7476 days ago · 555 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 531 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7474 days ago · 600 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7473 days ago · 455 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7470 days ago · 615 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.9273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7469 days ago · 492 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.9256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7466 days ago · 538 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.9287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7465 days ago · 500 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7465 days ago · 554 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7463 days ago · 500 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7463 days ago · 546 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7462 days ago · 600 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7461 days ago · 573 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7460 days ago · 537 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7455 days ago · 571 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.1268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7448 days ago · 460 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7448 days ago · 607 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 7448 days ago · 635 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7441 days ago · 595 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7439 days ago · 405 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7439 days ago · 427 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7438 days ago · 464 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7496 days ago · 500 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7499 days ago · 421 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 613 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7505 days ago · 543 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7505 days ago · 633 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7506 days ago · 555 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7507 days ago · 662 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7514 days ago · 537 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7515 days ago · 568 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7518 days ago · 508 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ed5p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.