Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 17, 2015, 1:08 PM GMT-12 (01:08 UTC), 632 km (393 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-02-18 01:08:17 UTC
Depth
632.1 km (392.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.137° S, 179.209° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 10.6 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
22

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 4244 days ago · 611 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 614 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 575 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4239 days ago · 578 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4235 days ago · 594 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 4235 days ago · 610 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4226 days ago · 592 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 4224 days ago · 534 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4223 days ago · 612 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 4218 days ago · 537 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 4214 days ago · 569 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 4214 days ago · 594 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 4204 days ago · 561 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.8Fiji region · 4200 days ago · 556 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.0296 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 4196 days ago · 512 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 4194 days ago · 570 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 600 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 590 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4248 days ago · 632 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 4267 days ago · 608 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 6.2Fiji region · 4267 days ago · 484 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 4268 days ago · 628 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 4270 days ago · 601 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tsnm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC.