M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Mar 18, 2022, 1:09 AM GMT+13 (12:09 UTC), 569 km (354 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2022-03-17 12:09:16 UTC
- Depth
- 569.1 km (353.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.255° S, 177.438° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 33
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 1654 days ago · 339 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1650 days ago · 624 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1644 days ago · 576 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1640 days ago · 514 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1638 days ago · 561 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1627 days ago · 569 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3246 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1621 days ago · 299 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 1618 days ago · 435 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1611 days ago · 428 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1607 days ago · 570 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1605 days ago · 544 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1603 days ago · 532 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8219 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1602 days ago · 292 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 1659 days ago · 599 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5288 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1661 days ago · 581 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1662 days ago · 525 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1666 days ago · 541 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1672 days ago · 423 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3271 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1674 days ago · 584 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1682 days ago · 357 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1684 days ago · 630 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1685 days ago · 546 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000h6ql. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.