M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 1:06 AM GMT-12 (13:06 UTC), 406 km (253 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2021-03-31 13:06:35 UTC
- Depth
- 406.4 km (252.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.911° S, 176.851° 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 15.9 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 1994 days ago · 502 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3261 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1992 days ago · 398 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3246 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1975 days ago · 414 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1968 days ago · 614 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.7234 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1967 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1966 days ago · 373 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1958 days ago · 372 km deep · 100 km away
- 6.5265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 4.5Fiji region · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.7266 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5263 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e00z. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.