Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 12, 2015, 11:36 AM GMT+12 (23:36 UTC), 604 km (375 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. 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
2015-05-11 23:36:16 UTC
Depth
603.9 km (375.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.629° S, 177.802° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 13.5 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 4160 days ago · 580 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4159 days ago · 556 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 4153 days ago · 590 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.1262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4152 days ago · 583 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 4151 days ago · 532 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 4149 days ago · 566 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 546 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 4.2243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4140 days ago · 554 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4139 days ago · 581 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4138 days ago · 429 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.5278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4138 days ago · 533 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 4134 days ago · 576 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4134 days ago · 585 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 5.0283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4133 days ago · 548 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.8285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4133 days ago · 555 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4130 days ago · 525 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 4.1256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4126 days ago · 585 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.3245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4124 days ago · 577 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.0235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4119 days ago · 593 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.5238 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4119 days ago · 570 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 550 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 4.4237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4115 days ago · 624 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4108 days ago · 576 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 5.4Fiji region · 4104 days ago · 347 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4104 days ago · 577 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 4164 days ago · 471 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.0270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4170 days ago · 490 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 4171 days ago · 562 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 4176 days ago · 556 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4179 days ago · 632 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 5.1263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4183 days ago · 506 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 4184 days ago · 571 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4192 days ago · 638 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 4192 days ago · 562 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002b69. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.