M3.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 19, 2007, 4:37 PM GMT+13 (03:37 UTC), 545 km (338 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-19 03:37:44 UTC
- Depth
- 544.7 km (338.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.316° S, 178.167° 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 usp000fk5z. 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
- 122°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 6982 days ago · 348 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 569 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6975 days ago · 600 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6964 days ago · 540 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6959 days ago · 547 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6955 days ago · 452 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6952 days ago · 557 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6947 days ago · 494 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6941 days ago · 524 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6940 days ago · 578 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.0281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 351 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6937 days ago · 607 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 6985 days ago · 505 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1295 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6986 days ago · 300 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6987 days ago · 556 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6988 days ago · 545 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6992 days ago · 607 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6994 days ago · 500 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1254 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6995 days ago · 500 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 571 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 567 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 7008 days ago · 446 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fk5z. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.