M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 5, 2017, 1:43 PM GMT+13 (00:43 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 2017-04-05 00:43:36 UTC
- Depth
- 564.9 km (351.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.327° S, 178.622° 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 15.5 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 549 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 584 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3463 days ago · 522 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3462 days ago · 545 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 611 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3451 days ago · 488 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3446 days ago · 609 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3439 days ago · 598 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3431 days ago · 555 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 592 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3418 days ago · 451 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3418 days ago · 481 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3413 days ago · 555 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 550 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 560 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3490 days ago · 584 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3494 days ago · 501 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3494 days ago · 613 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008glu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.