Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 2, 2017, 5:13 AM GMT+13 (16:13 UTC), 574 km (356 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-10-01 16:13:06 UTC
Depth
573.6 km (356.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.742° S, 178.545° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
103

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 3280 days ago · 616 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.3277 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3276 days ago · 486 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 3275 days ago · 558 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3273 days ago · 552 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.6272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3271 days ago · 514 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 3271 days ago · 520 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.9Fiji region · 3260 days ago · 567 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 3259 days ago · 615 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 3258 days ago · 591 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3257 days ago · 514 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 552 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 492 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 3254 days ago · 592 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.4258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3251 days ago · 329 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 613 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.7Fiji region · 3247 days ago · 577 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 557 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 3241 days ago · 576 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 549 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 4.5273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3226 days ago · 479 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 4.5Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 573 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3290 days ago · 611 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 3293 days ago · 557 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.2283 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 3303 days ago · 613 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 3310 days ago · 585 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3312 days ago · 568 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 3313 days ago · 559 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 3314 days ago · 527 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3314 days ago · 527 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 546 km deep · 33 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b22u. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.