M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 3:55 AM GMT-12 (15:55 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2015-12-23 15:55:12 UTC
- Depth
- 126.0 km (78.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.367° S, 176.620° 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 20.9 km horizontally, 17.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2269 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3933 days ago · 485 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3911 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3903 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8294 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3903 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004b7d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.