M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 2:47 AM GMT+12 (14:47 UTC), 562 km (349 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2023-04-29 14:47:35 UTC
- Depth
- 561.9 km (349.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.384° S, 177.620° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 1249 days ago · 604 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1248 days ago · 543 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1264 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1244 days ago · 554 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1237 days ago · 565 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1236 days ago · 566 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1233 days ago · 577 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1231 days ago · 419 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1229 days ago · 616 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1219 days ago · 618 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1219 days ago · 631 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1218 days ago · 544 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1216 days ago · 587 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1213 days ago · 363 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1213 days ago · 600 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1209 days ago · 596 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1207 days ago · 619 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1205 days ago · 610 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1203 days ago · 572 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1203 days ago · 638 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1201 days ago · 591 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1200 days ago · 618 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1200 days ago · 583 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1192 days ago · 561 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.2279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1261 days ago · 580 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1263 days ago · 597 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1263 days ago · 588 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1264 days ago · 600 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1266 days ago · 554 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1270 days ago · 592 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1270 days ago · 596 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1276 days ago · 526 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1277 days ago · 565 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1277 days ago · 546 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1279 days ago · 547 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1279 days ago · 566 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 598 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1281 days ago · 562 km deep · 28 km away
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k9p9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.