M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 7:35 AM GMT+13 (18:35 UTC), 471 km (293 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-22 18:35:20 UTC
- Depth
- 470.9 km (292.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.075° S, 177.685° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 97
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2410 days ago · 245 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2405 days ago · 567 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2404 days ago · 521 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2404 days ago · 635 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2403 days ago · 577 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2400 days ago · 560 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2400 days ago · 541 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 562 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2398 days ago · 545 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2395 days ago · 496 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2394 days ago · 544 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2370 days ago · 555 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2356 days ago · 332 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 2417 days ago · 589 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2420 days ago · 575 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2422 days ago · 575 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2423 days ago · 603 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2435 days ago · 375 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2436 days ago · 581 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.3283 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2437 days ago · 568 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600085ax. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:39 AM UTC.