M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Sep 7, 2007, 3:39 PM GMT+13 (02:39 UTC), 532 km (330 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-09-07 02:39:58 UTC
- Depth
- 531.8 km (330.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.208° S, 177.836° 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 usp000fmks. 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
- 91°
- Stations used
- 109
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6958 days ago · 436 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6957 days ago · 500 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6954 days ago · 355 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6946 days ago · 601 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 6943 days ago · 548 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6938 days ago · 351 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6935 days ago · 343 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6929 days ago · 620 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6928 days ago · 528 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6925 days ago · 519 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6918 days ago · 463 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0289 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6917 days ago · 265 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6915 days ago · 544 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6912 days ago · 560 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.1Fiji region · 6967 days ago · 588 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6969 days ago · 611 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6972 days ago · 328 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6976 days ago · 302 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6978 days ago · 543 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.7294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 554 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fmks. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.