Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 1:02 AM GMT+13 (12:02 UTC), 581 km (361 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-03-23 12:02:39 UTC
Depth
581.3 km (361.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.717° S, 178.536° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2379 days ago · 618 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2379 days ago · 454 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2378 days ago · 601 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2369 days ago · 570 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2363 days ago · 582 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2361 days ago · 522 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2360 days ago · 503 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.1265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2359 days ago · 503 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.2295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2351 days ago · 609 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 2349 days ago · 611 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2349 days ago · 540 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.4289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2346 days ago · 546 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2344 days ago · 609 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2341 days ago · 626 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2340 days ago · 506 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2338 days ago · 388 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 2337 days ago · 520 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.4Fiji region · 2335 days ago · 621 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.1278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2330 days ago · 441 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.6287 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2329 days ago · 480 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 4.1Fiji region · 2328 days ago · 539 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 2326 days ago · 548 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2324 days ago · 496 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 4.2Fiji region · 2323 days ago · 601 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 4.5Fiji region · 2323 days ago · 574 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.3275 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2319 days ago · 436 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.0282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2383 days ago · 499 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.5279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2385 days ago · 524 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 2386 days ago · 577 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2389 days ago · 464 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2396 days ago · 570 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 2397 days ago · 594 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.9Fiji region · 2401 days ago · 537 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.2293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2403 days ago · 474 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.2268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2404 days ago · 520 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2405 days ago · 604 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 2405 days ago · 596 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2406 days ago · 520 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008hex. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:03 PM UTC.