M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 31, 2006, 2:15 AM GMT+13 (13:15 UTC), 638 km (396 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2006-05-30 13:15:52 UTC
- Depth
- 637.7 km (396.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.849° S, 178.841° 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 usp000ejan. 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
- 150°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 7430 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7426 days ago · 550 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7409 days ago · 669 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7404 days ago · 416 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7393 days ago · 600 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7390 days ago · 568 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 7389 days ago · 609 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7386 days ago · 548 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.9south of the Fiji Islands · 7382 days ago · 600 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 7372 days ago · 577 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7371 days ago · 622 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 7433 days ago · 549 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7435 days ago · 300 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7438 days ago · 535 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7439 days ago · 500 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7441 days ago · 574 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7445 days ago · 364 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7453 days ago · 523 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ejan. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.