Fiji earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jan 15, 2008, 8:00 AM GMT-12 (20:00 UTC), 664 km (413 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-15 20:00:21 UTC
Depth
663.9 km (412.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.882° S, 179.819° 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 usp000fwst. 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.

Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
11

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.7south of the Fiji Islands · 6834 days ago · 544 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 6833 days ago · 577 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6832 days ago · 562 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6832 days ago · 555 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6831 days ago · 562 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6826 days ago · 557 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 6823 days ago · 568 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 6.0Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 604 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 568 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 6816 days ago · 533 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 5.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6812 days ago · 465 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6810 days ago · 667 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 5.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6804 days ago · 562 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 6796 days ago · 534 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 5.2Fiji region · 6834 days ago · 573 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 6.5Fiji region · 6834 days ago · 598 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 6839 days ago · 453 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 6841 days ago · 595 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6849 days ago · 577 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6859 days ago · 555 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fwst. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.