M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 7:24 PM GMT+13 (06:24 UTC), 652 km (405 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 2007-01-17 06:24:41 UTC
- Depth
- 652.3 km (405.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.938° S, 178.768° 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 usp000f2uq. 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
- 127°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 7196 days ago · 622 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7188 days ago · 561 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7185 days ago · 580 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7179 days ago · 554 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7177 days ago · 618 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7176 days ago · 577 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7173 days ago · 597 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7159 days ago · 499 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7152 days ago · 550 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7152 days ago · 467 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7152 days ago · 567 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7151 days ago · 630 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7151 days ago · 406 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7149 days ago · 600 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7145 days ago · 469 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7144 days ago · 476 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7143 days ago · 532 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7139 days ago · 533 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f2uq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.