M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Sep 4, 2016, 9:01 AM GMT+13 (20:01 UTC), 545 km (339 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
- 2016-09-03 20:01:11 UTC
- Depth
- 545.2 km (338.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.794° S, 178.366° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3680 days ago · 574 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3678 days ago · 547 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3677 days ago · 571 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3677 days ago · 558 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3672 days ago · 496 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3664 days ago · 534 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7Fiji region · 3663 days ago · 658 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3660 days ago · 588 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 585 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 591 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 589 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 573 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 572 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3658 days ago · 516 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3657 days ago · 583 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3654 days ago · 405 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3649 days ago · 570 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3648 days ago · 508 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3647 days ago · 509 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3642 days ago · 485 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3642 days ago · 576 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3637 days ago · 528 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3633 days ago · 481 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3624 days ago · 585 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3621 days ago · 518 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3682 days ago · 537 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 616 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 532 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3685 days ago · 630 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3687 days ago · 508 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3688 days ago · 559 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3688 days ago · 619 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3689 days ago · 384 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3691 days ago · 480 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3694 days ago · 566 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3695 days ago · 469 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3697 days ago · 528 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3698 days ago · 563 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3699 days ago · 564 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3704 days ago · 607 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3709 days ago · 580 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mfw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.