M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 6:11 AM GMT+13 (17:11 UTC), 487 km (303 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2017-11-29 17:11:41 UTC
- Depth
- 487.4 km (302.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.154° S, 178.051° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 19.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3215 days ago · 573 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3192 days ago · 596 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 450 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3176 days ago · 471 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3173 days ago · 482 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 525 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 590 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 537 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3251 days ago · 483 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c1j5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.