M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 12:49 PM GMT+12 (00:49 UTC), 391 km (243 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
- 2020-02-21 00:49:15 UTC
- Depth
- 391.3 km (243.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.994° S, 177.124° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 533 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2281 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2412 days ago · 406 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 2417 days ago · 300 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2424 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.1240 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2425 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.1294 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007ty5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC.