M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 2, 2007, 11:31 AM GMT+13 (22:31 UTC), 394 km (245 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 2007-04-01 22:31:21 UTC
- Depth
- 393.5 km (244.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.381° S, 178.994° 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 usp000f84f. 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
- 54°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 7109 days ago · 631 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 7088 days ago · 550 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 7083 days ago · 604 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7083 days ago · 546 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7080 days ago · 623 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7074 days ago · 562 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7065 days ago · 507 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.9Fiji region · 7127 days ago · 578 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7139 days ago · 533 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7144 days ago · 476 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7151 days ago · 406 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7151 days ago · 630 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7152 days ago · 567 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7152 days ago · 550 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7153 days ago · 600 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f84f. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.