M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 4:12 PM GMT+13 (03:12 UTC), 645 km (401 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-14 03:12:06 UTC
- Depth
- 644.9 km (400.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.819° S, 178.091° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 2082 days ago · 554 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2065 days ago · 332 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2059 days ago · 370 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2049 days ago · 582 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2038 days ago · 588 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.6298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2035 days ago · 476 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.0Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 589 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2100 days ago · 542 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3232 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2102 days ago · 231 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 488 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2114 days ago · 490 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000d2dr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC.