Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 228 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 228 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Apr 28, 2007, 1:21 AM GMT+12 (13:21 UTC), 580 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 207 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-04-27 13:21:19 UTC
Depth
579.8 km (360.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.942° S, 178.534° 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 usp000faqr. 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

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Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7101 days ago · 510 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7100 days ago · 600 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.5216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7098 days ago · 586 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 7089 days ago · 553 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.4184 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7087 days ago · 550 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.2225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7086 days ago · 575 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 4.2142 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7086 days ago · 722 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.2148 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7083 days ago · 344 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.1242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7082 days ago · 499 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.3228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7081 days ago · 553 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.6135 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7080 days ago · 636 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.6219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7079 days ago · 536 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 4.3214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7076 days ago · 611 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.8234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7075 days ago · 573 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 5.4207 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7073 days ago · 563 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.5202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7070 days ago · 506 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.3278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7066 days ago · 402 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 4.9222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7063 days ago · 548 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7060 days ago · 599 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 3.9278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7058 days ago · 479 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 4.5221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7051 days ago · 557 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 4.2218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7051 days ago · 552 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 4.3226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7051 days ago · 563 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 3.9Fiji region · 7050 days ago · 600 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 4.5243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7049 days ago · 532 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 3.8281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7049 days ago · 405 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 4.0286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7045 days ago · 522 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 7104 days ago · 543 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.1297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7110 days ago · 616 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7112 days ago · 550 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.7246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7120 days ago · 650 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.5223 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7121 days ago · 537 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 7124 days ago · 556 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.1212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7127 days ago · 577 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 5.2227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7127 days ago · 608 km deep · 1 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000faqr. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.