M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 12, 2007, 6:51 PM GMT-12 (06:51 UTC), 546 km (339 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2007-05-13 06:51:59 UTC
- Depth
- 546.2 km (339.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.542° S, 179.095° 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 usp000fbw7. 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
- 88°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 7078 days ago · 623 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7063 days ago · 507 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7060 days ago · 637 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7058 days ago · 580 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7049 days ago · 600 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 7046 days ago · 617 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7046 days ago · 600 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7032 days ago · 571 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7032 days ago · 606 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 557 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 569 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fbw7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.