Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 11:04 AM GMT-12 (23:04 UTC), 630 km (392 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
2025-04-07 23:04:43 UTC
Depth
630.4 km (391.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.131° S, 179.230° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 18.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 535 days ago · 601 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 523 days ago · 600 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 522 days ago · 559 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 522 days ago · 607 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 520 days ago · 585 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 514 days ago · 577 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 504 days ago · 600 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 502 days ago · 622 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 499 days ago · 598 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 485 days ago · 580 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 544 days ago · 579 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 547 days ago · 586 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 552 days ago · 583 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 567 days ago · 599 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 567 days ago · 561 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 569 days ago · 508 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q6tz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.