M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 1:55 PM GMT+13 (00:55 UTC), 602 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 264 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2017-02-02 00:55:09 UTC
- Depth
- 602.3 km (374.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.793° S, 177.628° 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 14.8 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3527 days ago · 573 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3511 days ago · 589 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 426 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 505 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3501 days ago · 574 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3500 days ago · 611 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 490 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 516 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0244 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3482 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3475 days ago · 620 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3471 days ago · 482 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3548 days ago · 597 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 584 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3550 days ago · 572 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3551 days ago · 605 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3554 days ago · 533 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3555 days ago · 575 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3557 days ago · 630 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3558 days ago · 565 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k6w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.