Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 9:09 AM GMT+13 (20:09 UTC), 510 km (317 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
2016-06-20 20:09:03 UTC
Depth
510.2 km (317.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.846° S, 177.747° 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 12.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3753 days ago · 641 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.2294 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3750 days ago · 588 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.2267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3746 days ago · 540 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.1266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3746 days ago · 481 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3744 days ago · 589 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.3279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3739 days ago · 568 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3734 days ago · 568 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3733 days ago · 555 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 5.0Fiji region · 3727 days ago · 569 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.0271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3727 days ago · 630 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 3726 days ago · 426 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3721 days ago · 582 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 3718 days ago · 540 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.3275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3712 days ago · 624 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.4270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3711 days ago · 538 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 3708 days ago · 556 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 3699 days ago · 550 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 3762 days ago · 611 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3762 days ago · 585 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3763 days ago · 531 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3775 days ago · 594 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3778 days ago · 560 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 3779 days ago · 634 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 3780 days ago · 525 km deep · 30 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200066il. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC.