Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 26, 2024, 6:30 PM GMT+13 (05:30 UTC), 562 km (349 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
2024-11-26 05:30:59 UTC
Depth
562.0 km (349.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.096° S, 178.606° 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 16.5 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 673 days ago · 537 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 5.4Fiji region · 669 days ago · 584 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 657 days ago · 589 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 650 days ago · 488 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 641 days ago · 565 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 641 days ago · 540 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 636 days ago · 546 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 623 days ago · 617 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.8Fiji region · 623 days ago · 612 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 620 days ago · 595 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 617 days ago · 615 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 676 days ago · 607 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 683 days ago · 549 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 691 days ago · 543 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 5.0Fiji region · 692 days ago · 583 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 694 days ago · 591 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 5.2Fiji region · 696 days ago · 588 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 696 days ago · 584 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 699 days ago · 574 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 701 days ago · 590 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 703 days ago · 570 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nu7a. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.