M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 6:27 AM GMT+13 (17:27 UTC), 407 km (253 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2020-07-27 17:27:39 UTC
- Depth
- 407.4 km (253.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.189° S, 178.422° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 2253 days ago · 558 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2253 days ago · 606 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2253 days ago · 600 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2251 days ago · 573 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2251 days ago · 564 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2246 days ago · 606 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2245 days ago · 526 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2244 days ago · 558 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2236 days ago · 585 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2233 days ago · 602 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2230 days ago · 495 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2284 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2219 days ago · 499 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2218 days ago · 532 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2215 days ago · 556 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2213 days ago · 605 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2207 days ago · 547 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2202 days ago · 350 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2201 days ago · 589 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2198 days ago · 594 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 2257 days ago · 557 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2257 days ago · 549 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2257 days ago · 548 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 2257 days ago · 554 km deep · 81 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 2261 days ago · 605 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 516 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 557 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 557 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 539 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 614 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2264 days ago · 606 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2266 days ago · 453 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2271 days ago · 582 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 620 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2272 days ago · 518 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2273 days ago · 495 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2275 days ago · 538 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2277 days ago · 514 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2277 days ago · 484 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2278 days ago · 561 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b6w3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.