Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 9:58 PM GMT+13 (08:58 UTC), 547 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. 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
2025-02-16 08:58:26 UTC
Depth
547.4 km (340.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.153° S, 177.575° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
41

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 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3240 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 592 days ago · 351 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 584 days ago · 566 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.4299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 577 days ago · 585 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 575 days ago · 540 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.7273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 572 days ago · 404 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 567 days ago · 534 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 562 days ago · 531 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 558 days ago · 614 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 558 days ago · 565 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 557 days ago · 566 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 552 days ago · 501 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 550 days ago · 629 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 540 days ago · 575 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 540 days ago · 545 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.2271 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 539 days ago · 606 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 4.0246 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 537 days ago · 550 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 537 days ago · 479 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 536 days ago · 584 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 4.0274 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 603 days ago · 575 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 604 days ago · 583 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 604 days ago · 577 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 614 days ago · 579 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.4285 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 614 days ago · 579 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.6283 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 614 days ago · 525 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.3280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 614 days ago · 540 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 616 days ago · 442 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 617 days ago · 636 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 617 days ago · 567 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 618 days ago · 628 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pe3e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.