Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Fri, Aug 24, 2007, 8:44 PM GMT+12 (08:44 UTC), 532 km (330 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-08-24 08:44:01 UTC
Depth
531.6 km (330.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.521° S, 178.452° 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 usp000fkk3. 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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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
109

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6980 days ago · 566 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.1214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6977 days ago · 548 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.7193 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6976 days ago · 486 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.5219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6971 days ago · 531 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.2232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6970 days ago · 586 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.5214 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6967 days ago · 538 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.3197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6967 days ago · 513 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.4218 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6966 days ago · 538 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 4.5226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6957 days ago · 581 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.0211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6952 days ago · 584 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.9270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6951 days ago · 540 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6949 days ago · 590 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.0257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6949 days ago · 550 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.6205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6948 days ago · 545 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6941 days ago · 523 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6936 days ago · 519 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.5230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6928 days ago · 573 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.6277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6927 days ago · 535 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.4214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6925 days ago · 526 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 3.8232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6922 days ago · 548 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6982 days ago · 312 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 6986 days ago · 466 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.6288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6989 days ago · 568 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.9291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6990 days ago · 456 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.4187 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6990 days ago · 492 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.4214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6990 days ago · 528 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.6242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6993 days ago · 493 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.4206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6995 days ago · 553 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6997 days ago · 520 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.0213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6999 days ago · 536 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 5.1199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7004 days ago · 554 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.5232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7006 days ago · 567 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.4198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 7006 days ago · 530 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fkk3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC.