M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 3:48 AM GMT+13 (14:48 UTC), 572 km (355 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 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
- 2021-04-05 14:48:31 UTC
- Depth
- 571.9 km (355.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.286° S, 177.300° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 622 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1986 days ago · 568 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 540 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 615 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1971 days ago · 571 km deep · 58 km away
- 6.1Fiji region · 1970 days ago · 384 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2247 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1963 days ago · 341 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 561 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1957 days ago · 628 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 515 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1950 days ago · 597 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1945 days ago · 629 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1943 days ago · 496 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 275 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2006 days ago · 568 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e18m. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.