Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Sat, Dec 15, 2007, 7:02 AM GMT+12 (19:02 UTC), 455 km (283 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-12-14 19:02:43 UTC
Depth
454.7 km (282.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.164° S, 178.375° 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 usp000fufc. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9Fiji region · 6858 days ago · 593 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.3190 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6857 days ago · 520 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.8240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6857 days ago · 510 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.8211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6855 days ago · 513 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.1202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6852 days ago · 529 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.6253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6849 days ago · 631 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.7256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6849 days ago · 598 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.4198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6846 days ago · 498 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.4214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6846 days ago · 534 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6846 days ago · 594 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.5204 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6845 days ago · 530 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.5266 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 6839 days ago · 352 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.6271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6838 days ago · 546 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6836 days ago · 596 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.3251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6836 days ago · 598 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.3201 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6833 days ago · 501 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.5236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6830 days ago · 531 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 4.7221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6825 days ago · 621 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.0209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6818 days ago · 557 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6812 days ago · 626 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 4.1186 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6810 days ago · 559 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 4.3173 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6810 days ago · 465 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6809 days ago · 525 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 3.9220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6870 days ago · 553 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 5.2218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6870 days ago · 544 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 3.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6872 days ago · 600 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.7214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6877 days ago · 517 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6879 days ago · 529 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 3.9209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6881 days ago · 500 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.8221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6882 days ago · 565 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.4222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6884 days ago · 542 km deep · 57 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fufc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC.