Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jan 18, 2008, 9:08 PM GMT+13 (08:08 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-18 08:08:08 UTC
Depth
585.5 km (363.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.826° S, 178.947° 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 usp000fwy2. 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
76°
Stations used
99

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 6832 days ago · 648 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 5.5Fiji region · 6832 days ago · 640 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 6826 days ago · 557 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 6826 days ago · 521 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.9Fiji region · 6825 days ago · 594 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 6824 days ago · 547 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 6.0Fiji region · 6818 days ago · 604 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 6818 days ago · 568 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 6816 days ago · 581 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 6813 days ago · 573 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 6802 days ago · 564 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 6799 days ago · 523 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.7Fiji region · 6789 days ago · 580 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 6788 days ago · 540 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.6Fiji region · 6775 days ago · 598 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 3.6Fiji region · 6835 days ago · 624 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 6852 days ago · 576 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 6856 days ago · 556 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 6856 days ago · 503 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.8Fiji region · 6859 days ago · 614 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 6861 days ago · 650 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fwy2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.