Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 10:28 AM GMT+13 (21:28 UTC), 622 km (387 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
2015-03-17 21:28:53 UTC
Depth
622.5 km (386.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.808° S, 177.642° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.8 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4215 days ago · 517 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.1271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4214 days ago · 547 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4213 days ago · 581 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4206 days ago · 568 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 4205 days ago · 436 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.4298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4204 days ago · 566 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 4202 days ago · 268 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 4202 days ago · 411 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 4196 days ago · 516 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4195 days ago · 627 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 562 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4192 days ago · 638 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 4185 days ago · 571 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4184 days ago · 506 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4180 days ago · 632 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 4.0Fiji region · 4177 days ago · 556 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 4172 days ago · 562 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4171 days ago · 415 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 4.0270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4171 days ago · 490 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.0Fiji region · 4165 days ago · 471 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 604 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 4161 days ago · 580 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 4219 days ago · 622 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4221 days ago · 618 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 4223 days ago · 579 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4232 days ago · 597 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4236 days ago · 405 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.1295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4236 days ago · 468 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 4242 days ago · 576 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001p7h. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.