M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 6:21 AM GMT+13 (17:21 UTC), 500 km (311 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 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
- 2022-03-06 17:21:41 UTC
- Depth
- 499.9 km (310.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.927° S, 178.194° 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 14.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.1Fiji region · 1668 days ago · 582 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4Fiji region · 1667 days ago · 607 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1663 days ago · 441 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5297 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1658 days ago · 415 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1656 days ago · 602 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4253 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1649 days ago · 491 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1649 days ago · 598 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 1649 days ago · 601 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1649 days ago · 598 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1648 days ago · 577 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0290 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1647 days ago · 549 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1645 days ago · 532 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1644 days ago · 574 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3225 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1640 days ago · 467 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1638 days ago · 543 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1638 days ago · 495 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1635 days ago · 558 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1632 days ago · 537 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1630 days ago · 432 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1628 days ago · 573 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3283 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1625 days ago · 456 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1622 days ago · 405 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1621 days ago · 482 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1620 days ago · 540 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1619 days ago · 552 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1616 days ago · 525 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1616 days ago · 549 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1614 days ago · 569 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1612 days ago · 478 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1611 days ago · 588 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1610 days ago · 598 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1610 days ago · 516 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1669 days ago · 480 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1681 days ago · 455 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3264 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1682 days ago · 449 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1682 days ago · 561 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1685 days ago · 581 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1690 days ago · 543 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1691 days ago · 535 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3251 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1691 days ago · 487 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1692 days ago · 530 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1693 days ago · 569 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1697 days ago · 510 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1697 days ago · 518 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1698 days ago · 617 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1698 days ago · 544 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1698 days ago · 400 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h3lf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC.