M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 8, 2015, 8:40 PM GMT-12 (08:40 UTC), 596 km (371 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 2015-01-09 08:40:25 UTC
- Depth
- 596.4 km (370.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.830° S, 179.419° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 4283 days ago · 555 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4270 days ago · 601 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4268 days ago · 628 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 4267 days ago · 608 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4256 days ago · 604 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4247 days ago · 632 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4241 days ago · 591 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 614 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 575 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4239 days ago · 578 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 4227 days ago · 597 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000thrr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.