M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 5:53 AM GMT+13 (16:53 UTC), 358 km (222 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-16 16:53:42 UTC
- Depth
- 357.8 km (222.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.654° S, 177.809° 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 usp000fz23. 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
- 135°
- Stations used
- 8
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6801 days ago · 446 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.6272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6800 days ago · 475 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6789 days ago · 504 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6781 days ago · 337 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6777 days ago · 448 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6767 days ago · 503 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6767 days ago · 578 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6767 days ago · 362 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6759 days ago · 440 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6758 days ago · 527 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6758 days ago · 496 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.9271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6747 days ago · 486 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6745 days ago · 597 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6744 days ago · 576 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6742 days ago · 487 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6808 days ago · 568 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6811 days ago · 602 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6819 days ago · 520 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 565 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6823 days ago · 547 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6824 days ago · 482 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6827 days ago · 535 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6828 days ago · 572 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fz23. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC.