M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 10, 2016, 7:04 PM GMT+12 (07:04 UTC), 545 km (339 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 258 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2016-05-10 07:04:21 UTC
- Depth
- 545.0 km (338.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.150° S, 177.138° 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 21.7 km horizontally, 21.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 278°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 3774 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3772 days ago · 300 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.8258 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3761 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3750 days ago · 413 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005i8q. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.