Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 1, 2008, 4:06 PM GMT+13 (03:06 UTC), 611 km (380 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 282 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
2008-01-01 03:06:58 UTC
Depth
611.1 km (379.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.702° S, 177.625° 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 usp000fvrr. 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
72°
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0287 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6847 days ago · 569 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 5.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6843 days ago · 508 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 6843 days ago · 258 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 316 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.9Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 566 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.6271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6838 days ago · 546 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 6834 days ago · 520 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6834 days ago · 600 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 6828 days ago · 572 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 6821 days ago · 400 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 6819 days ago · 520 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 337 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 4.6270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6803 days ago · 580 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.1298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6801 days ago · 637 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 6800 days ago · 478 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.9292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6798 days ago · 494 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.5Fiji region · 6797 days ago · 589 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 6792 days ago · 421 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 3.5256 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6857 days ago · 544 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 6877 days ago · 499 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fvrr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.