M4.3 earthquake 193 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 193 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 3:36 PM GMT+12 (03:36 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 217 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-31 03:36:02 UTC
- Depth
- 550.5 km (342.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.988° S, 178.911° 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 22.4 km horizontally, 11.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3530 days ago · 546 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 3513 days ago · 609 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2189 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3494 days ago · 565 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0181 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 541 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3489 days ago · 548 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3480 days ago · 619 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3477 days ago · 558 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3258 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3472 days ago · 583 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.2214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3537 days ago · 594 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2135 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3546 days ago · 597 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1163 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3546 days ago · 563 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3547 days ago · 518 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6235 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3553 days ago · 544 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008jxb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC.