M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 10:38 PM GMT+13 (09:38 UTC), 445 km (276 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2018-01-09 09:38:24 UTC
- Depth
- 444.9 km (276.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.284° S, 177.507° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 144
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3184 days ago · 394 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3177 days ago · 471 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.0246 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3169 days ago · 447 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3142 days ago · 600 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3141 days ago · 423 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3128 days ago · 436 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.1287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3187 days ago · 450 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3192 days ago · 596 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3199 days ago · 367 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3216 days ago · 573 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cn76. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC.