M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 3, 2007, 6:14 AM GMT-12 (18:14 UTC), 600 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-03-03 18:14:34 UTC
- Depth
- 600.0 km (372.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.663° S, 179.371° 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 usp000f60c. 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
- 76°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 7151 days ago · 550 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7150 days ago · 630 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7139 days ago · 622 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7133 days ago · 547 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 7126 days ago · 578 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7123 days ago · 394 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 7121 days ago · 578 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 7120 days ago · 627 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7099 days ago · 624 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f60c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.