M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 5, 2021, 7:31 AM GMT+13 (18:31 UTC), 588 km (366 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 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
- 2021-03-04 18:31:29 UTC
- Depth
- 588.5 km (365.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.504° S, 178.792° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 24
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2038 days ago · 567 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2036 days ago · 476 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2026 days ago · 586 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2026 days ago · 423 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2025 days ago · 598 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2019 days ago · 398 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 2011 days ago · 595 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.6Fiji region · 2010 days ago · 606 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2007 days ago · 619 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1996 days ago · 578 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1986 days ago · 548 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1985 days ago · 490 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 1983 days ago · 596 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 5.4Fiji region · 2040 days ago · 548 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2048 days ago · 576 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2049 days ago · 585 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2049 days ago · 582 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2050 days ago · 585 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2062 days ago · 520 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 619 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2065 days ago · 332 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dhta. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.