M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:17 AM GMT+13 (15:17 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-24 15:17:43 UTC
- Depth
- 551.1 km (342.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.143° S, 177.559° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 107
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5Fiji region · 3251 days ago · 483 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 537 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 590 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 354 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3228 days ago · 525 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 487 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3221 days ago · 526 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3215 days ago · 573 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3274 days ago · 587 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3292 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000awc4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.