Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 7:52 PM GMT-12 (07:52 UTC), 610 km (379 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-08-16 07:52:57 UTC
Depth
610.1 km (379.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.406° S, 179.290° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
87

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 4431 days ago · 544 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4429 days ago · 602 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 4427 days ago · 587 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4427 days ago · 529 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4424 days ago · 619 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4412 days ago · 587 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4411 days ago · 615 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 4410 days ago · 558 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 4409 days ago · 581 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 4405 days ago · 582 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 4403 days ago · 469 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 4402 days ago · 612 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 4402 days ago · 623 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 5.2Fiji region · 4402 days ago · 620 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 5.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4401 days ago · 587 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4398 days ago · 579 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 4376 days ago · 548 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 4374 days ago · 594 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 4.7Fiji region · 4374 days ago · 535 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 4437 days ago · 609 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 4447 days ago · 636 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 4452 days ago · 610 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 4453 days ago · 602 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4453 days ago · 621 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 4455 days ago · 623 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 4459 days ago · 596 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4461 days ago · 560 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s3as. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.