M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 16, 2007, 6:19 PM GMT+13 (05:19 UTC), 623 km (387 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2007-05-16 05:19:13 UTC
- Depth
- 622.6 km (386.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.921° S, 178.948° 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 usp000fc2j. 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
- 122°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 7073 days ago · 553 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7064 days ago · 507 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7061 days ago · 637 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7059 days ago · 580 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7059 days ago · 517 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7054 days ago · 507 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7050 days ago · 600 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7047 days ago · 617 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7047 days ago · 600 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7034 days ago · 499 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7033 days ago · 571 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7030 days ago · 506 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7030 days ago · 557 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7027 days ago · 698 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7027 days ago · 569 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7027 days ago · 562 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 7082 days ago · 546 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 7082 days ago · 604 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7085 days ago · 579 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 7088 days ago · 550 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7107 days ago · 518 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7108 days ago · 631 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fc2j. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.