Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, 6:22 AM GMT+13 (17:22 UTC), 499 km (310 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-12-03 17:22:20 UTC
Depth
498.7 km (309.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.434° S, 178.080° 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 usp000ftsv. 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
134°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6871 days ago · 544 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 6870 days ago · 524 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.5256 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6857 days ago · 544 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6856 days ago · 600 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 6848 days ago · 611 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.0287 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6847 days ago · 569 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6844 days ago · 552 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 6842 days ago · 258 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 6842 days ago · 612 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 316 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.9Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 566 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 6834 days ago · 520 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6833 days ago · 539 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 6828 days ago · 572 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 6827 days ago · 535 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6823 days ago · 482 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 547 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 565 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 6819 days ago · 520 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 5.3Fiji region · 6883 days ago · 562 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 6885 days ago · 562 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 6889 days ago · 524 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 6892 days ago · 543 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.7Fiji region · 6893 days ago · 528 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 6893 days ago · 383 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 6904 days ago · 553 km deep · 68 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ftsv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.