M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 1, 2025, 4:08 AM GMT-12 (16:08 UTC), 616 km (383 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 282 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2025-03-01 16:08:27 UTC
- Depth
- 616.3 km (383.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.829° S, 176.531° 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 17.0 km horizontally, 20.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 271°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4282 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 581 days ago · 414 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7267 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 555 days ago · 378 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6296 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 547 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pxzb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:29 AM UTC.