M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 25, 2007, 3:57 PM GMT-12 (03:57 UTC), 293 km (182 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 295 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-26 03:57:22 UTC
- Depth
- 292.9 km (182.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.696° S, 177.009° 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 usp000fh3k. 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
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1295 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7005 days ago · 390 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6999 days ago · 576 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6992 days ago · 325 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6989 days ago · 357 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6984 days ago · 466 km deep · 83 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fh3k. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC.