M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 1:40 AM GMT+13 (12:40 UTC), 469 km (292 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 2016-08-19 12:40:07 UTC
- Depth
- 469.3 km (291.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.332° S, 178.101° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 185
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3691 days ago · 480 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 532 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3682 days ago · 537 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3680 days ago · 545 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3679 days ago · 547 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3672 days ago · 496 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 572 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3654 days ago · 405 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3650 days ago · 577 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3642 days ago · 485 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3642 days ago · 576 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3697 days ago · 528 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3704 days ago · 607 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3709 days ago · 580 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4216 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3712 days ago · 523 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3715 days ago · 553 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3717 days ago · 559 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3722 days ago · 578 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3723 days ago · 611 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006f0p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.