M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 1, 2015, 4:31 AM GMT+13 (15:31 UTC), 460 km (286 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2015-06-30 15:31:28 UTC
- Depth
- 460.3 km (286.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.315° S, 178.449° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4109 days ago · 484 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4105 days ago · 596 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4105 days ago · 574 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4098 days ago · 574 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4095 days ago · 464 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4092 days ago · 497 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4087 days ago · 598 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4083 days ago · 528 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4076 days ago · 579 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4074 days ago · 561 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4071 days ago · 543 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4066 days ago · 549 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4064 days ago · 479 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4064 days ago · 595 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4059 days ago · 371 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4054 days ago · 585 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 613 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4118 days ago · 610 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4121 days ago · 554 km deep · 70 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 4121 days ago · 563 km deep · 99 km away · tsunami flag
- 4.6Fiji region · 4122 days ago · 570 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 547 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 534 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4137 days ago · 395 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4139 days ago · 583 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 4141 days ago · 614 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002xmk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC.