Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 8:49 PM GMT+12 (08:49 UTC), 524 km (326 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
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2007-10-27 08:49:25 UTC
Depth
524.0 km (325.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.548° S, 178.556° 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 usp000frcc. 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
128°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6912 days ago · 585 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.4212 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6911 days ago · 568 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.9206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6910 days ago · 513 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 3.9196 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6908 days ago · 494 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.5232 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6906 days ago · 597 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.3266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6906 days ago · 436 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.2252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6904 days ago · 569 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.3232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6903 days ago · 507 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.6217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6900 days ago · 549 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 3.6215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6899 days ago · 548 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.4222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6884 days ago · 542 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 4.8221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6881 days ago · 565 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 3.9209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6880 days ago · 500 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6878 days ago · 529 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.7214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6877 days ago · 517 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.4213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6871 days ago · 600 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 5.2218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6870 days ago · 544 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 3.9220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6869 days ago · 553 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 4.1254 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6866 days ago · 455 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.9Fiji region · 6857 days ago · 593 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 4.3190 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6856 days ago · 520 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 4.8240 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6856 days ago · 510 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 6915 days ago · 511 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.8232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6920 days ago · 548 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.4214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6924 days ago · 526 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.6277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6926 days ago · 535 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.5230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6927 days ago · 573 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6935 days ago · 519 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.6198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6940 days ago · 523 km deep · 38 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000frcc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC.