M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:36 PM GMT-12 (02:36 UTC), 380 km (236 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2018-01-19 02:36:01 UTC
- Depth
- 379.8 km (236.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.614° S, 177.050° 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 17.7 km horizontally, 14.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 33
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3158 days ago · 431 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3130 days ago · 386 km deep · 73 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000cdlc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC.