M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 7:53 PM GMT+13 (06:53 UTC), 544 km (338 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-27 06:53:35 UTC
- Depth
- 543.5 km (337.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.755° S, 177.649° 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 usp000frc4. 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
- 124°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6897 days ago · 557 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6893 days ago · 383 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 543 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6889 days ago · 524 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6886 days ago · 562 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6885 days ago · 532 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 6883 days ago · 562 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6877 days ago · 499 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.5256 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6857 days ago · 544 km deep · 73 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frc4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.