M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 21, 2007, 3:53 PM GMT+13 (02:53 UTC), 650 km (404 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 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
- 2007-12-21 02:53:57 UTC
- Depth
- 650.0 km (403.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.126° S, 178.636° 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 usp000fuxd. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8Fiji region · 6858 days ago · 614 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6855 days ago · 503 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6855 days ago · 556 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6851 days ago · 576 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6834 days ago · 624 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6832 days ago · 586 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6832 days ago · 648 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 6831 days ago · 640 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6825 days ago · 557 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6825 days ago · 521 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6824 days ago · 594 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6822 days ago · 517 km deep · 95 km away
- 6.0Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 604 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 568 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6815 days ago · 581 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6812 days ago · 573 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6808 days ago · 568 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6801 days ago · 564 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fuxd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.