M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 2:45 PM GMT+12 (02:45 UTC), 638 km (396 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 252 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-22 02:45:54 UTC
- Depth
- 637.8 km (396.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.983° S, 177.831° 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 21.6 km horizontally, 15.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3325 days ago · 550 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3322 days ago · 617 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3321 days ago · 399 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3319 days ago · 606 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 599 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3318 days ago · 574 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3313 days ago · 599 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3313 days ago · 533 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3308 days ago · 601 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.7251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3304 days ago · 614 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 547 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 518 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3297 days ago · 575 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3295 days ago · 598 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3295 days ago · 580 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.6231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3292 days ago · 540 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3292 days ago · 596 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3292 days ago · 579 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3291 days ago · 566 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3288 days ago · 578 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 601 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3285 days ago · 647 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2283 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3284 days ago · 571 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3268 days ago · 598 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3268 days ago · 512 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3267 days ago · 584 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3267 days ago · 583 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.1234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3327 days ago · 578 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3327 days ago · 532 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3330 days ago · 595 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3332 days ago · 619 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3333 days ago · 564 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3339 days ago · 535 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3343 days ago · 587 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3353 days ago · 623 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3357 days ago · 577 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000abq8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.