M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 7:26 AM GMT+13 (18:26 UTC), 571 km (354 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.1 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
- 2014-09-12 18:26:12 UTC
- Depth
- 570.5 km (354.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.077° S, 177.567° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 14.7 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 4406 days ago · 577 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4394 days ago · 599 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4388 days ago · 581 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4386 days ago · 572 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4383 days ago · 612 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4374 days ago · 401 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4365 days ago · 503 km deep · 52 km away
- 7.1Fiji region · 4356 days ago · 434 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 4.0Fiji region · 4355 days ago · 382 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.7299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4354 days ago · 436 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 4409 days ago · 547 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4410 days ago · 531 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4411 days ago · 556 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4251 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 4418 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3289 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4421 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4423 days ago · 580 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4430 days ago · 585 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4431 days ago · 348 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4434 days ago · 587 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sf70. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.