Fiji earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 3:37 PM GMT+12 (03:37 UTC), 591 km (367 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-14 03:37:21 UTC
Depth
590.7 km (367.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.491° S, 178.879° 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 usp000fqgr. 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
71

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 6921 days ago · 457 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.9251 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 6920 days ago · 482 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.9Fiji region · 6915 days ago · 670 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 5.4Fiji region · 6914 days ago · 616 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 6908 days ago · 542 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 6905 days ago · 553 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 6901 days ago · 635 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 6.3Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 558 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 5.1Fiji region · 6889 days ago · 608 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 6888 days ago · 510 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.8Fiji region · 6878 days ago · 603 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 6870 days ago · 524 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 6940 days ago · 578 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 6941 days ago · 524 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 5.0Fiji region · 6943 days ago · 548 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 6947 days ago · 494 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqgr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.