M4.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 30, 2007, 3:08 PM GMT-12 (03:08 UTC), 571 km (355 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-01 03:08:45 UTC
- Depth
- 570.8 km (354.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.616° S, 179.143° 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 usp000ff72. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7032 days ago · 606 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 557 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7008 days ago · 446 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 571 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7002 days ago · 602 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 7000 days ago · 618 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6996 days ago · 575 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6994 days ago · 500 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6992 days ago · 607 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.7south of the Fiji Islands · 6991 days ago · 606 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6987 days ago · 556 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6985 days ago · 505 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 3.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7034 days ago · 391 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 7038 days ago · 659 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 7046 days ago · 600 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7050 days ago · 600 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7058 days ago · 580 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7060 days ago · 637 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ff72. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.