M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Oct 3, 2005, 12:08 AM GMT-12 (12:08 UTC), 593 km (369 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-10-03 12:08:01 UTC
- Depth
- 593.1 km (368.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.913° S, 179.481° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000e0tk. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 7666 days ago · 523 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 7656 days ago · 570 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7648 days ago · 574 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7632 days ago · 585 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7620 days ago · 572 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7617 days ago · 686 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e0tk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC.