Fiji earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 16, 2008, 8:11 AM GMT-12 (20:11 UTC), 577 km (358 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-16 20:11:51 UTC
Depth
576.7 km (358.3 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.850° S, 179.543° 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 usp000fwuu. 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
52°
Stations used
39

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6833 days ago · 562 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6833 days ago · 555 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6832 days ago · 562 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6827 days ago · 557 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 6824 days ago · 568 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 6.0Fiji region · 6818 days ago · 604 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 6818 days ago · 568 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 533 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 5.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6812 days ago · 465 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 5.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6805 days ago · 562 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 6797 days ago · 534 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 6775 days ago · 598 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 3.7south of the Fiji Islands · 6834 days ago · 544 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.6Fiji region · 6835 days ago · 624 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 6835 days ago · 664 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 5.2Fiji region · 6835 days ago · 573 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 6.5Fiji region · 6835 days ago · 598 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 6842 days ago · 595 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6849 days ago · 577 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6860 days ago · 555 km deep · 37 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fwuu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.