M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:20 PM GMT+13 (04:20 UTC), 395 km (246 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2022-01-13 04:20:11 UTC
- Depth
- 395.2 km (245.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.077° S, 176.850° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 1706 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3277 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1700 days ago · 316 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1688 days ago · 633 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1683 days ago · 630 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1674 days ago · 609 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1668 days ago · 571 km deep · 96 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gdvx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.