M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Oct 31, 2015, 12:08 PM GMT+13 (23:08 UTC), 573 km (356 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2015-10-30 23:08:33 UTC
- Depth
- 573.1 km (356.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.713° S, 177.173° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
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From the USGS event page for us200041kl. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 10.9 km horizontally, 16.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 3989 days ago · 550 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2265 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3979 days ago · 435 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.6260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3978 days ago · 348 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3974 days ago · 587 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3971 days ago · 573 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3967 days ago · 547 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3965 days ago · 497 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3965 days ago · 510 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3954 days ago · 521 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3948 days ago · 494 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0224 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3946 days ago · 468 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3945 days ago · 571 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3939 days ago · 464 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3934 days ago · 401 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3992 days ago · 558 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3993 days ago · 559 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3995 days ago · 486 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3997 days ago · 568 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4002 days ago · 500 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4008 days ago · 487 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4009 days ago · 543 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4014 days ago · 501 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200041kl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.