M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 9, 2007, 7:48 AM GMT+13 (18:48 UTC), 615 km (382 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-08 18:48:59 UTC
- Depth
- 615.2 km (382.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.655° S, 177.665° 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 usp000f200. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.3Fiji region · 7206 days ago · 407 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7203 days ago · 605 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7203 days ago · 663 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7203 days ago · 618 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7199 days ago · 564 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7192 days ago · 648 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7184 days ago · 576 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7170 days ago · 493 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7159 days ago · 589 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7156 days ago · 517 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7154 days ago · 569 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f200. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.