M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 16, 2017, 6:55 AM GMT-12 (18:55 UTC), 611 km (380 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
- 2017-04-16 18:55:46 UTC
- Depth
- 610.8 km (379.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.669° S, 179.047° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 488 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3453 days ago · 595 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3450 days ago · 609 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3448 days ago · 571 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3443 days ago · 598 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3435 days ago · 555 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 562 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3416 days ago · 555 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3408 days ago · 449 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3403 days ago · 611 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 3467 days ago · 522 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3470 days ago · 584 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3470 days ago · 549 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3470 days ago · 565 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3472 days ago · 596 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 558 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3483 days ago · 592 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3485 days ago · 560 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008jkg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC.