M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 9, 2016, 8:29 AM GMT+14 (18:29 UTC), 568 km (353 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
- 2016-11-08 18:29:55 UTC
- Depth
- 567.9 km (352.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.266° S, 177.544° 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 11.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 109
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
- 4.5Fiji region · 3610 days ago · 483 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 607 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3607 days ago · 617 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3603 days ago · 568 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3597 days ago · 575 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 3580 days ago · 451 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3571 days ago · 589 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3567 days ago · 568 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3566 days ago · 556 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 576 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 501 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 565 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.2262 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3616 days ago · 595 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3616 days ago · 571 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 596 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4294 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3628 days ago · 537 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3639 days ago · 429 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 563 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3642 days ago · 587 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3643 days ago · 603 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100076b6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC.