M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 30, 2008, 11:54 PM GMT+13 (10:54 UTC), 440 km (273 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 2008-03-30 10:54:58 UTC
- Depth
- 439.6 km (273.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.445° S, 177.951° 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 usp000g2qa. 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
- 126°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 6759 days ago · 496 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6747 days ago · 486 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6745 days ago · 597 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6744 days ago · 576 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6743 days ago · 487 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6737 days ago · 337 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6736 days ago · 262 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0245 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6727 days ago · 585 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6722 days ago · 559 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6722 days ago · 560 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6720 days ago · 543 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6718 days ago · 487 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6717 days ago · 549 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6715 days ago · 495 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.9289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6714 days ago · 341 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 6714 days ago · 604 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6713 days ago · 363 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.2282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6767 days ago · 362 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6767 days ago · 578 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.9290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6767 days ago · 503 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6775 days ago · 617 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6777 days ago · 448 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6781 days ago · 337 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6789 days ago · 504 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2qa. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC.