M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jul 23, 2007, 1:40 PM GMT+13 (00:40 UTC), 417 km (259 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-23 00:40:47 UTC
- Depth
- 416.6 km (258.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.100° S, 178.533° 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 usp000fgwh. 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
- 127°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 567 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 571 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 7006 days ago · 580 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6999 days ago · 462 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6998 days ago · 301 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6988 days ago · 545 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6987 days ago · 556 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.7294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 554 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 499 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 569 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 608 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6975 days ago · 600 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6967 days ago · 588 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.6290 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 6965 days ago · 650 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6964 days ago · 540 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6959 days ago · 547 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7015 days ago · 510 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7023 days ago · 565 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7023 days ago · 565 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7024 days ago · 500 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 562 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 569 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 698 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 557 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 506 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7032 days ago · 574 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7033 days ago · 499 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7034 days ago · 474 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7035 days ago · 571 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7039 days ago · 630 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.4295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7039 days ago · 500 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fgwh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.