Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Mar 5, 2015, 4:20 AM GMT+13 (15:20 UTC), 597 km (371 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
2015-03-04 15:20:37 UTC
Depth
597.1 km (371.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.293° S, 177.562° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.1Fiji region · 4228 days ago · 565 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.3259 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4224 days ago · 401 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 4223 days ago · 579 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4219 days ago · 622 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.0273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4215 days ago · 391 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 4212 days ago · 428 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.2264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4208 days ago · 325 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 4206 days ago · 568 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4205 days ago · 436 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.4298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 4205 days ago · 566 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 4202 days ago · 268 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 4202 days ago · 411 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4201 days ago · 525 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 4196 days ago · 516 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 4193 days ago · 562 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.5Fiji region · 4185 days ago · 571 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 5.1297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 4180 days ago · 487 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 4179 days ago · 507 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 4.0Fiji region · 4177 days ago · 556 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 4.1267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4235 days ago · 529 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 4237 days ago · 405 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.1295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4237 days ago · 468 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4241 days ago · 589 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.7Fiji region · 4242 days ago · 576 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4248 days ago · 542 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4248 days ago · 406 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.6271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4252 days ago · 542 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 4262 days ago · 610 km deep · 51 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tvln. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.