M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jun 19, 2017, 9:42 AM GMT+13 (20:42 UTC), 628 km (390 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 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
- 2017-06-18 20:42:35 UTC
- Depth
- 627.9 km (390.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.736° S, 177.505° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3387 days ago · 559 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3385 days ago · 513 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0272 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3373 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3364 days ago · 633 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 573 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3353 days ago · 623 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 660 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3396 days ago · 462 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 415 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3412 days ago · 618 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3416 days ago · 625 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 600 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009p9k. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.