M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 8:56 AM GMT+13 (19:56 UTC), 627 km (390 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. 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
- 2025-12-19 19:56:33 UTC
- Depth
- 627.3 km (389.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.018° S, 177.456° 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 18.5 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 285 days ago · 460 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 283 days ago · 598 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 273 days ago · 559 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 263 days ago · 630 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 245 days ago · 590 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 240 days ago · 483 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3273 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 237 days ago · 358 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 237 days ago · 561 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 235 days ago · 539 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 235 days ago · 448 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 232 days ago · 597 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 291 days ago · 569 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 293 days ago · 586 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 307 days ago · 544 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0299 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 311 days ago · 420 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 312 days ago · 569 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 313 days ago · 472 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 313 days ago · 620 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 313 days ago · 622 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 314 days ago · 572 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rpg6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.