Fiji earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sun, Oct 21, 2007, 11:27 PM GMT+12 (11:27 UTC), 548 km (340 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 218 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-21 11:27:45 UTC
Depth
547.5 km (340.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.519° S, 178.567° 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 usp000fr05. 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
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
162°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 6918 days ago · 511 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.5232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6917 days ago · 524 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.9248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6914 days ago · 585 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6913 days ago · 568 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.9206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6912 days ago · 513 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.9196 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6910 days ago · 494 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 3.5232 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6908 days ago · 597 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6908 days ago · 436 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.2252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6907 days ago · 569 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6905 days ago · 507 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.6217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6902 days ago · 549 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 3.6215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6902 days ago · 548 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.4222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6886 days ago · 542 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.8221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6884 days ago · 565 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.9209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6883 days ago · 500 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6881 days ago · 529 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.7214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6879 days ago · 517 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 3.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6874 days ago · 600 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 5.2218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6872 days ago · 544 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 3.9220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6872 days ago · 553 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 4.1254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6869 days ago · 455 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.4214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6926 days ago · 526 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.6277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6929 days ago · 535 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.5230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6929 days ago · 573 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6937 days ago · 519 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6943 days ago · 523 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.6205 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6949 days ago · 545 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.0257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6950 days ago · 550 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.4230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6950 days ago · 590 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.9270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6952 days ago · 540 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fr05. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.