Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 16, 2008, 11:12 AM GMT+13 (22:12 UTC), 520 km (323 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-15 22:12:36 UTC
Depth
520.2 km (323.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.492° S, 178.000° 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 usp000fwsx. 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
121°
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6833 days ago · 539 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 6828 days ago · 572 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 6827 days ago · 535 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6824 days ago · 482 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 547 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 565 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 6819 days ago · 520 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 6811 days ago · 602 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 6802 days ago · 358 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6801 days ago · 446 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 6799 days ago · 478 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.1284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6789 days ago · 504 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6780 days ago · 337 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.9Fiji region · 6777 days ago · 448 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.0297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6775 days ago · 617 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 566 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 316 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 6842 days ago · 612 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 6843 days ago · 258 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6844 days ago · 552 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.0287 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6847 days ago · 569 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 6849 days ago · 611 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6856 days ago · 600 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.5256 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6857 days ago · 544 km deep · 100 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fwsx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.