M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 14, 2007, 3:01 PM GMT+13 (02:01 UTC), 493 km (307 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 259 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2007-02-14 02:01:52 UTC
- Depth
- 493.3 km (306.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.734° S, 177.699° 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 usp000f4u7. 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
- 121°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7159 days ago · 589 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 7156 days ago · 517 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7135 days ago · 272 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7132 days ago · 630 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.8259 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7132 days ago · 613 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7129 days ago · 566 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7122 days ago · 400 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7122 days ago · 400 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7122 days ago · 421 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7121 days ago · 590 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7121 days ago · 567 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7120 days ago · 556 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 7120 days ago · 547 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f4u7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.