M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 12:58 AM GMT+13 (11:58 UTC), 420 km (261 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2025-09-01 11:58:35 UTC
- Depth
- 420.1 km (261.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.306° S, 177.674° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 395 days ago · 430 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 377 days ago · 569 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 373 days ago · 505 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 364 days ago · 530 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 353 days ago · 570 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 351 days ago · 478 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 348 days ago · 408 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rcuh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.