M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 22, 2007, 12:55 PM GMT-12 (00:55 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 2007-04-23 00:55:35 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.840° S, 176.174° 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 usp000facj. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1223 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7097 days ago · 343 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4235 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 7076 days ago · 365 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000facj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.