Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 16, 2015, 3:43 PM GMT+13 (02:43 UTC), 549 km (341 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
2015-08-16 02:43:51 UTC
Depth
548.8 km (341.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.492° S, 178.833° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4064 days ago · 479 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 4064 days ago · 595 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.5294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 371 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 4042 days ago · 613 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 4040 days ago · 601 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4036 days ago · 603 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 4034 days ago · 519 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4033 days ago · 514 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4028 days ago · 581 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 4027 days ago · 588 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 473 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 4071 days ago · 543 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 561 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 4076 days ago · 579 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4083 days ago · 528 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 4086 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 4087 days ago · 598 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 4095 days ago · 464 km deep · 29 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100032nb. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC.