Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Sat, Sep 8, 2007, 3:00 AM GMT+12 (15:00 UTC), 538 km (334 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-09-07 15:00:20 UTC
Depth
538.1 km (334.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.018° S, 178.675° 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 usp000fmmx. 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
164°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6958 days ago · 581 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.0211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6952 days ago · 584 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.6205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6949 days ago · 545 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6942 days ago · 523 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.5230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6929 days ago · 573 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.4214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6925 days ago · 526 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.8232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6922 days ago · 548 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 6917 days ago · 511 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.5232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6916 days ago · 524 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6913 days ago · 568 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.9206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6912 days ago · 513 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 3.9196 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6909 days ago · 494 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.5232 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6908 days ago · 597 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6908 days ago · 436 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.3197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6967 days ago · 513 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.5214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6968 days ago · 538 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.5219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6972 days ago · 531 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.7193 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6976 days ago · 486 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.1214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6978 days ago · 548 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.0254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6980 days ago · 566 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.4244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6980 days ago · 532 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.4187 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6991 days ago · 492 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.4214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6991 days ago · 528 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.6242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6994 days ago · 493 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.4206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6996 days ago · 553 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fmmx. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC.