M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 8:53 AM GMT+12 (20:53 UTC), 647 km (402 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2021-08-02 20:53:29 UTC
- Depth
- 647.0 km (402.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.574° S, 177.356° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1881 days ago · 630 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1881 days ago · 609 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1877 days ago · 597 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1877 days ago · 606 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1862 days ago · 537 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1855 days ago · 601 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1846 days ago · 567 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1846 days ago · 564 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0272 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1843 days ago · 573 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1842 days ago · 460 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1841 days ago · 589 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1840 days ago · 622 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1832 days ago · 394 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2263 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1830 days ago · 563 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1826 days ago · 500 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.1262 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1886 days ago · 562 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1896 days ago · 564 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 608 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1897 days ago · 530 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1912 days ago · 565 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f3vi. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.