M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 13, 2007, 1:08 AM GMT-12 (13:08 UTC), 569 km (353 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2007-09-13 13:08:10 UTC
- Depth
- 568.9 km (353.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.997° S, 179.411° 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 usp000fn4w. 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
- 126°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 6954 days ago · 557 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6939 days ago · 607 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6933 days ago · 545 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 6931 days ago · 563 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6917 days ago · 603 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6910 days ago · 649 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fn4w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC.