Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 4:02 AM GMT+13 (15:02 UTC), 589 km (366 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-01-23 15:02:13 UTC
Depth
588.8 km (365.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.683° S, 178.548° 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 20.7 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
209°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3170 days ago · 539 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 3169 days ago · 550 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3168 days ago · 473 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 3167 days ago · 512 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3160 days ago · 553 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 3159 days ago · 573 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3159 days ago · 467 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 5.3Fiji region · 3157 days ago · 560 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.2279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3153 days ago · 528 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 5.5Fiji region · 3153 days ago · 631 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 3150 days ago · 561 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 3149 days ago · 546 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3148 days ago · 453 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 3143 days ago · 466 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.6Fiji region · 3139 days ago · 593 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 3133 days ago · 525 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 531 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 609 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 3132 days ago · 566 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 4.4279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3130 days ago · 521 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 5.7Fiji region · 3127 days ago · 540 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 3120 days ago · 530 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 4.3Fiji region · 3118 days ago · 566 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 3178 days ago · 595 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 564 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.7Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 598 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3195 days ago · 537 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ceer. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.