Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 24, 2022, 5:03 PM GMT+13 (04:03 UTC), 521 km (324 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-24 04:03:37 UTC
Depth
520.8 km (323.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.903° S, 177.635° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
140°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Fiji region · 1591 days ago · 391 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.6297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1590 days ago · 625 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.2236 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1587 days ago · 585 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1586 days ago · 542 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1576 days ago · 618 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1575 days ago · 577 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 1574 days ago · 612 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1566 days ago · 584 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 1563 days ago · 589 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.3299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1561 days ago · 558 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1561 days ago · 576 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 1559 days ago · 545 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.3277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1559 days ago · 554 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.2285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1557 days ago · 557 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 4.2287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1555 days ago · 477 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 1552 days ago · 570 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 1551 days ago · 554 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.6277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1551 days ago · 580 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 1549 days ago · 505 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 1549 days ago · 569 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.1Fiji region · 1547 days ago · 574 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 1544 days ago · 536 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 1543 days ago · 607 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 4.4294 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1538 days ago · 540 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 4.0Fiji region · 1535 days ago · 536 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 4.2Fiji region · 1535 days ago · 555 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1599 days ago · 571 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 1609 days ago · 544 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.1287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1610 days ago · 570 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.1278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1615 days ago · 572 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.7Fiji region · 1622 days ago · 435 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hd3i. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.