Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 9, 2007, 9:59 PM GMT+12 (09:59 UTC), 553 km (344 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 234 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-05-09 09:59:36 UTC
Depth
552.9 km (343.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.487° S, 177.874° 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 usp000fbkd. 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
176°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 7085 days ago · 300 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7082 days ago · 575 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7077 days ago · 553 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.8234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7071 days ago · 573 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 7070 days ago · 521 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7062 days ago · 402 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7057 days ago · 599 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.9278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7054 days ago · 479 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 7052 days ago · 590 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 3.9Fiji region · 7046 days ago · 600 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7045 days ago · 532 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.8281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7045 days ago · 405 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.0286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7041 days ago · 522 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 7039 days ago · 577 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 7030 days ago · 640 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7027 days ago · 507 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 7092 days ago · 554 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.1226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7097 days ago · 510 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.6228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7097 days ago · 580 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.1297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7106 days ago · 616 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7108 days ago · 550 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fbkd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.