M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 3:21 AM GMT-12 (15:21 UTC), 603 km (375 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2026-08-15 15:21:32 UTC
- Depth
- 603.1 km (374.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.888° S, 179.550° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 since this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Fiji region · 44 days ago · 577 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 38 days ago · 591 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 35 days ago · 618 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 34 days ago · 618 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 33 days ago · 601 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 23 days ago · 572 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 15 days ago · 566 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 13 days ago · 548 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3 days ago · 602 km deep · 27 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tl1m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC.