M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 6, 2007, 3:57 AM GMT-12 (15:57 UTC), 575 km (357 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-06 15:57:41 UTC
- Depth
- 574.9 km (357.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.593° S, 179.264° 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 usp000fj1j. 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
- 113°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0Fiji region · 6994 days ago · 500 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6992 days ago · 607 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.7south of the Fiji Islands · 6991 days ago · 606 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6987 days ago · 556 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6985 days ago · 505 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6964 days ago · 547 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6958 days ago · 569 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6952 days ago · 557 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6937 days ago · 607 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fj1j. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.