Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 12:42 AM GMT+13 (11:42 UTC), 619 km (384 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
2025-04-19 11:42:38 UTC
Depth
618.7 km (384.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.704° S, 177.706° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4277 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 532 days ago · 377 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 531 days ago · 547 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 522 days ago · 609 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 521 days ago · 362 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 514 days ago · 634 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 513 days ago · 637 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 512 days ago · 667 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.2257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 512 days ago · 518 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.4296 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 499 days ago · 627 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 496 days ago · 572 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.4249 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 493 days ago · 578 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.3272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 490 days ago · 626 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 489 days ago · 558 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.4291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 485 days ago · 492 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.2261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 478 days ago · 599 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 474 days ago · 559 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 474 days ago · 559 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 474 days ago · 591 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 534 days ago · 565 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 534 days ago · 628 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.2246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 535 days ago · 591 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 536 days ago · 584 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.2271 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 539 days ago · 606 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 540 days ago · 575 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 551 days ago · 580 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 551 days ago · 629 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 557 days ago · 566 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 558 days ago · 565 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 558 days ago · 614 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.2279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 560 days ago · 630 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.5291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 560 days ago · 619 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 562 days ago · 531 km deep · 41 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q77p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.