M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, May 25, 2015, 12:11 AM GMT-12 (12:11 UTC), 588 km (366 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 2015-05-25 12:11:18 UTC
- Depth
- 588.2 km (365.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.986° S, 179.404° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 593 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 570 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4122 days ago · 554 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4118 days ago · 634 km deep · 8 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002m1c. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC.