Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 8:26 AM GMT+13 (19:26 UTC), 431 km (268 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-07-24 19:26:58 UTC
Depth
431.0 km (267.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.856° S, 177.778° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
84

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2987 days ago · 512 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2985 days ago · 548 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2984 days ago · 460 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2983 days ago · 657 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2975 days ago · 509 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2971 days ago · 599 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 2969 days ago · 543 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2966 days ago · 558 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.1298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2965 days ago · 521 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2964 days ago · 590 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.2291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 542 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2961 days ago · 531 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2958 days ago · 480 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 2953 days ago · 316 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.2262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2952 days ago · 508 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 4.4247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2952 days ago · 504 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 2950 days ago · 554 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 4.1276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2948 days ago · 533 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 592 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 585 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 2941 days ago · 422 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 4.1297 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2938 days ago · 554 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2937 days ago · 524 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 4.1Fiji region · 2936 days ago · 430 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 4.5Fiji region · 2935 days ago · 368 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 5.5Fiji region · 2933 days ago · 516 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.2266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2989 days ago · 545 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2990 days ago · 585 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2995 days ago · 421 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.2298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3005 days ago · 563 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.7298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3010 days ago · 556 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 5.0Fiji region · 3012 days ago · 599 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3014 days ago · 515 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 3014 days ago · 521 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 563 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 3016 days ago · 542 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.2286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3016 days ago · 422 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 555 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3017 days ago · 589 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3018 days ago · 484 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gcy5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.