M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 13, 2007, 10:32 AM GMT-12 (22:32 UTC), 357 km (222 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 283 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-13 22:32:56 UTC
- Depth
- 356.7 km (221.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.162° S, 176.943° 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 usp000fjme. 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
- 120°
- Stations used
- 33
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
- 4.0291 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 6960 days ago · 369 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6948 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1270 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 6947 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.0283 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 6937 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6936 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjme. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.