M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:26 AM GMT+13 (14:26 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2016-10-11 14:26:20 UTC
- Depth
- 587.5 km (365.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.533° S, 177.611° 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 19.4 km horizontally, 20.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 563 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3639 days ago · 429 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3639 days ago · 538 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4249 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3630 days ago · 515 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4294 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3628 days ago · 537 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3625 days ago · 596 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3617 days ago · 524 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3616 days ago · 571 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2262 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3616 days ago · 595 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3614 days ago · 568 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3609 days ago · 483 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3608 days ago · 487 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 607 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3607 days ago · 617 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3603 days ago · 568 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3601 days ago · 482 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3597 days ago · 575 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3592 days ago · 499 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3643 days ago · 603 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3648 days ago · 508 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3649 days ago · 562 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3649 days ago · 570 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3651 days ago · 555 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.8263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3656 days ago · 517 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3657 days ago · 583 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3657 days ago · 516 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 588 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 603 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 573 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 581 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 595 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 601 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 593 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 608 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 587 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 596 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 589 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3659 days ago · 591 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007f33. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.