M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 6:00 AM GMT-12 (18:00 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-16 18:00:53 UTC
- Depth
- 587.1 km (364.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.322° S, 179.332° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 1495 days ago · 559 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1488 days ago · 462 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 1481 days ago · 634 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1476 days ago · 589 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1472 days ago · 564 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1470 days ago · 627 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1469 days ago · 609 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1456 days ago · 609 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 573 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1448 days ago · 574 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i2c9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.