M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 6:48 PM GMT-12 (06:48 UTC), 581 km (361 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-25 06:48:49 UTC
- Depth
- 580.9 km (361.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.880° S, 179.526° 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 usp000f3j0. 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
- 99°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 7188 days ago · 551 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7187 days ago · 561 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7187 days ago · 585 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 7184 days ago · 554 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7177 days ago · 581 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7152 days ago · 600 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7139 days ago · 622 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7133 days ago · 547 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f3j0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.