M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 17, 2017, 5:35 AM GMT+13 (16:35 UTC), 602 km (374 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-16 16:35:43 UTC
- Depth
- 601.7 km (373.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.977° S, 178.464° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3390 days ago · 574 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 499 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 529 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 546 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3371 days ago · 381 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3371 days ago · 488 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 409 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3362 days ago · 604 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3361 days ago · 545 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3351 days ago · 555 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3350 days ago · 575 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 520 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3348 days ago · 573 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 533 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 581 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3346 days ago · 580 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3343 days ago · 593 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3339 days ago · 567 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4252 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3338 days ago · 402 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3337 days ago · 578 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3335 days ago · 506 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3399 days ago · 611 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 517 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 449 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 547 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3404 days ago · 459 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 646 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 555 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3417 days ago · 481 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3417 days ago · 451 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 598 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3421 days ago · 529 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 543 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 480 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009p0s. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.