M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 2:33 AM GMT+13 (13:33 UTC), 551 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 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
- 2018-12-04 13:33:56 UTC
- Depth
- 550.8 km (342.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.901° S, 178.478° 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 13.9 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 525 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 543 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 558 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2854 days ago · 545 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 412 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 482 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2850 days ago · 467 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 539 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2847 days ago · 565 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 588 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 608 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2839 days ago · 608 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2834 days ago · 580 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2829 days ago · 525 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2829 days ago · 537 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 481 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2826 days ago · 618 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 543 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2824 days ago · 624 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2819 days ago · 545 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2810 days ago · 587 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 545 km deep · 80 km away
- 6.2Fiji region · 2803 days ago · 588 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 2803 days ago · 583 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2802 days ago · 585 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2800 days ago · 457 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2797 days ago · 586 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 478 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2859 days ago · 562 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2861 days ago · 544 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2863 days ago · 597 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2865 days ago · 641 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2868 days ago · 532 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2868 days ago · 528 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0264 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2872 days ago · 483 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2256 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2873 days ago · 535 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2874 days ago · 360 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2876 days ago · 613 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2877 days ago · 545 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2882 days ago · 556 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.5282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2883 days ago · 541 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2883 days ago · 613 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000i4ar. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.