Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 6:48 PM GMT+13 (05:48 UTC), 599 km (372 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 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
2025-11-18 05:48:21 UTC
Depth
598.8 km (372.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.863° S, 178.741° 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 15.6 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 318 days ago · 589 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 311 days ago · 486 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 309 days ago · 522 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 308 days ago · 646 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 5.6Fiji region · 305 days ago · 620 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 304 days ago · 560 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 5.2Fiji region · 303 days ago · 599 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 294 days ago · 515 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.9Fiji region · 292 days ago · 603 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 288 days ago · 467 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.8278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 285 days ago · 445 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 281 days ago · 623 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 4.8Fiji region · 280 days ago · 591 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 279 days ago · 628 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 279 days ago · 609 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.8Fiji region · 278 days ago · 600 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 4.0Fiji region · 275 days ago · 491 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 260 days ago · 589 km deep · 1 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 322 days ago · 526 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 326 days ago · 607 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 326 days ago · 520 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 329 days ago · 540 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 329 days ago · 587 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 336 days ago · 551 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 4.1296 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 337 days ago · 623 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.7293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 343 days ago · 530 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.4277 km W of Houma, Tonga · 345 days ago · 475 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.4297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 346 days ago · 532 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 347 days ago · 638 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 4.2277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 349 days ago · 487 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rsqt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.