M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 4:56 AM GMT-12 (16:56 UTC), 545 km (339 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-10 16:56:40 UTC
- Depth
- 545.2 km (338.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.900° S, 179.155° 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 usp000fq92. 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
- 141°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 6929 days ago · 563 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6914 days ago · 603 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 6914 days ago · 616 km deep · 93 km away
- 6.3Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 558 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 6889 days ago · 608 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6878 days ago · 603 km deep · 77 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fq92. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.