M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 10, 2020, 5:46 PM GMT+13 (04:46 UTC), 580 km (361 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 272 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2020-05-10 04:46:21 UTC
- Depth
- 580.3 km (360.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.594° S, 177.623° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2338 days ago · 574 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2333 days ago · 626 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2331 days ago · 614 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2330 days ago · 523 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2327 days ago · 577 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4259 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2325 days ago · 577 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2322 days ago · 558 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2318 days ago · 609 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2316 days ago · 574 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2316 days ago · 616 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 2313 days ago · 303 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2311 days ago · 401 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2309 days ago · 530 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2308 days ago · 546 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2300 days ago · 565 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2298 days ago · 466 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2296 days ago · 623 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2293 days ago · 526 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2292 days ago · 589 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2290 days ago · 584 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2290 days ago · 596 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2282 days ago · 605 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2281 days ago · 489 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2345 days ago · 598 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2347 days ago · 560 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2347 days ago · 556 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2349 days ago · 519 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2350 days ago · 575 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2352 days ago · 639 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2352 days ago · 624 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2353 days ago · 617 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2354 days ago · 621 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2354 days ago · 562 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2355 days ago · 552 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2357 days ago · 527 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2358 days ago · 332 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2360 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2363 days ago · 570 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2367 days ago · 539 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009gtm. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:58 AM UTC.