M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 24, 2015, 10:39 AM GMT+13 (21:39 UTC), 567 km (352 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 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
- 2015-01-23 21:39:41 UTC
- Depth
- 566.6 km (352.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.717° S, 178.099° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 17.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.2Fiji region · 4267 days ago · 484 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4225 days ago · 499 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4224 days ago · 534 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4218 days ago · 537 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4215 days ago · 337 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4214 days ago · 569 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 4276 days ago · 487 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4276 days ago · 604 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4279 days ago · 440 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 4283 days ago · 555 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 4284 days ago · 544 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 4291 days ago · 556 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tkys. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.