Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 8:05 AM GMT+13 (19:05 UTC), 598 km (371 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
2023-09-02 19:05:47 UTC
Depth
597.8 km (371.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.264° S, 177.913° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for us7000ktyp. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 9.1 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1125 days ago · 532 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1123 days ago · 531 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 1122 days ago · 557 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.1287 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1120 days ago · 552 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.0299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1118 days ago · 559 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 1114 days ago · 581 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1112 days ago · 509 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.4280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1111 days ago · 496 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 1110 days ago · 567 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 1109 days ago · 555 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.5257 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1104 days ago · 527 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 1104 days ago · 598 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.8296 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1101 days ago · 614 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 1100 days ago · 553 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.9Fiji region · 1099 days ago · 596 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 4.7272 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1098 days ago · 592 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 1095 days ago · 571 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.5274 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1095 days ago · 312 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 1083 days ago · 591 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 1082 days ago · 409 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 1082 days ago · 574 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 4.1Fiji region · 1074 days ago · 517 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 4.5Fiji region · 1073 days ago · 415 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 1071 days ago · 536 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.0289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1128 days ago · 540 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.3262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1139 days ago · 376 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1141 days ago · 596 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.5293 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1142 days ago · 550 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 1144 days ago · 578 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.0283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1144 days ago · 502 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1147 days ago · 528 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1147 days ago · 539 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 1153 days ago · 420 km deep · 55 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ktyp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.