M3.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 7:19 AM GMT+13 (18:19 UTC), 670 km (417 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-26 18:19:07 UTC
- Depth
- 670.4 km (416.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.451° S, 178.742° 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 usp000frak. 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
- 122°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Fiji region · 6914 days ago · 616 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6908 days ago · 542 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6908 days ago · 500 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6904 days ago · 553 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6901 days ago · 635 km deep · 58 km away
- 6.3Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 558 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 6889 days ago · 608 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6888 days ago · 510 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6878 days ago · 603 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6871 days ago · 544 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6870 days ago · 524 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6862 days ago · 406 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6862 days ago · 599 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6859 days ago · 650 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6858 days ago · 614 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 3.9251 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 6920 days ago · 482 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6921 days ago · 457 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6927 days ago · 591 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6940 days ago · 578 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6941 days ago · 524 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 6943 days ago · 548 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frak. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC.