M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:40 PM GMT+12 (08:40 UTC), 394 km (245 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 2021-09-23 08:40:02 UTC
- Depth
- 393.9 km (244.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.269° S, 177.367° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2263 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1830 days ago · 563 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1814 days ago · 612 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5248 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1779 days ago · 633 km deep · 100 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ff74. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.