Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 242 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 242 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Aug 11, 2007, 11:43 AM GMT+12 (23:43 UTC), 493 km (307 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 270 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
2007-08-10 23:43:44 UTC
Depth
493.3 km (306.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.839° S, 178.407° 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 usp000fjca. 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.

Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6989 days ago · 528 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.4187 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6989 days ago · 492 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.9291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6988 days ago · 456 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.6288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6988 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 6984 days ago · 466 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6981 days ago · 312 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.4244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6978 days ago · 532 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.0254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6978 days ago · 566 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.1214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6976 days ago · 548 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.7193 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6974 days ago · 486 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 4.5219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6970 days ago · 531 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.2232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6969 days ago · 586 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.5214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6966 days ago · 538 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 4.3197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6965 days ago · 513 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 4.4218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6964 days ago · 538 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.3272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6957 days ago · 436 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6955 days ago · 581 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.0211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6950 days ago · 584 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.9270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6949 days ago · 540 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6948 days ago · 590 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 4.0257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6947 days ago · 550 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 4.6205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6946 days ago · 545 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6940 days ago · 523 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6934 days ago · 519 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 4.4206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6993 days ago · 553 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 4.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6996 days ago · 520 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6998 days ago · 536 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 6998 days ago · 576 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 5.1199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7003 days ago · 554 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7004 days ago · 567 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.4198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7005 days ago · 530 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.5221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7011 days ago · 527 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 3.3293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7012 days ago · 408 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7014 days ago · 602 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.4199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7019 days ago · 553 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjca. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.