M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 1:51 PM GMT+13 (00:51 UTC), 541 km (336 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 2017-02-15 00:51:22 UTC
- Depth
- 541.5 km (336.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.939° S, 178.377° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Fiji region · 3514 days ago · 599 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 571 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 451 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 548 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 527 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3509 days ago · 513 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3509 days ago · 545 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3508 days ago · 566 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3506 days ago · 584 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3506 days ago · 543 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3505 days ago · 480 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3504 days ago · 529 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 523 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3501 days ago · 532 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3499 days ago · 634 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 586 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3497 days ago · 622 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3493 days ago · 613 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3493 days ago · 501 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3483 days ago · 554 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3481 days ago · 560 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3478 days ago · 558 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3469 days ago · 590 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 565 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3466 days ago · 549 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3463 days ago · 522 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3462 days ago · 545 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3461 days ago · 391 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3456 days ago · 390 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3518 days ago · 469 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3520 days ago · 565 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3522 days ago · 532 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3525 days ago · 580 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3528 days ago · 571 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3529 days ago · 553 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3532 days ago · 538 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3538 days ago · 541 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3540 days ago · 554 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3545 days ago · 619 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008m3c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.