M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 11:11 AM GMT+13 (22:11 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 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
- 2017-12-15 22:11:39 UTC
- Depth
- 551.0 km (342.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.247° S, 178.554° 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 24.5 km horizontally, 28.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3209 days ago · 609 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 598 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 564 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3178 days ago · 595 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3176 days ago · 560 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3172 days ago · 589 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3169 days ago · 550 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4251 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3168 days ago · 382 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3167 days ago · 512 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3160 days ago · 553 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3159 days ago · 573 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 3157 days ago · 560 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 3155 days ago · 604 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3153 days ago · 631 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 447 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 511 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 348 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000buil. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC.