M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 25, 2007, 11:42 AM GMT+13 (22:42 UTC), 494 km (307 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-09-24 22:42:22 UTC
- Depth
- 494.0 km (307.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.663° S, 178.412° 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 usp000fp1w. 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
- 76°
- Stations used
- 114
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 6943 days ago · 548 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6941 days ago · 524 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6940 days ago · 578 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6940 days ago · 351 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6939 days ago · 531 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6937 days ago · 607 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6927 days ago · 591 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6927 days ago · 494 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6925 days ago · 519 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6921 days ago · 457 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6915 days ago · 670 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6914 days ago · 444 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 6914 days ago · 616 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6912 days ago · 560 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6908 days ago · 542 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6908 days ago · 500 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6904 days ago · 553 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6902 days ago · 415 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6901 days ago · 635 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6892 days ago · 361 km deep · 95 km away
- 6.3Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 558 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 6889 days ago · 608 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6888 days ago · 510 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.8287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6947 days ago · 535 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6955 days ago · 452 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6959 days ago · 547 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6964 days ago · 540 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.6290 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 6965 days ago · 650 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6975 days ago · 600 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fp1w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.