Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 27, 2017, 10:22 AM GMT+13 (21:22 UTC), 381 km (237 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-08-26 21:22:30 UTC
Depth
381.0 km (236.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.161° S, 177.311° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 3319 days ago · 354 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 542 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.5299 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3300 days ago · 564 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 593 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3295 days ago · 574 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 4.3288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3292 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.4246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3275 days ago · 587 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.0Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 600 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 3274 days ago · 560 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.4274 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3265 days ago · 580 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3263 days ago · 551 km deep · 26 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 517 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.4277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3322 days ago · 532 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 3322 days ago · 577 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.1261 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3329 days ago · 317 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3330 days ago · 595 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3333 days ago · 505 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3334 days ago · 448 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 3335 days ago · 482 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3335 days ago · 534 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.2253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3339 days ago · 386 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3342 days ago · 574 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.3216 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3345 days ago · 303 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 3347 days ago · 350 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 3349 days ago · 589 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ad74. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC.