Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:49 AM GMT-12 (20:49 UTC), 575 km (357 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
2015-02-24 20:49:48 UTC
Depth
574.5 km (357.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.768° S, 179.290° 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 25.6 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
222°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 4238 days ago · 578 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 4227 days ago · 597 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 4224 days ago · 534 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4222 days ago · 612 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4221 days ago · 441 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 4218 days ago · 537 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4207 days ago · 589 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4195 days ago · 584 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 570 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4193 days ago · 592 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 4191 days ago · 526 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 4240 days ago · 614 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 4241 days ago · 591 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4246 days ago · 632 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 4255 days ago · 604 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 5.0Fiji region · 4267 days ago · 608 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 4268 days ago · 628 km deep · 71 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ttn4. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.