M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 11:13 PM GMT+13 (10:13 UTC), 349 km (217 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 223 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. 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
- 2021-09-02 10:13:14 UTC
- Depth
- 348.6 km (216.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.636° S, 177.066° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1846 days ago · 567 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.8223 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0Fiji region · 1842 days ago · 460 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1829 days ago · 574 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1826 days ago · 500 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1823 days ago · 467 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1813 days ago · 619 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1803 days ago · 570 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1803 days ago · 655 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1801 days ago · 592 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1800 days ago · 610 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.0299 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1854 days ago · 424 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1855 days ago · 601 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1858 days ago · 512 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1862 days ago · 537 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1865 days ago · 417 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.5297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1874 days ago · 523 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1880 days ago · 609 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f9rq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.