M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 2:49 AM GMT+13 (13:49 UTC), 478 km (297 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2008-02-19 13:49:02 UTC
- Depth
- 477.8 km (296.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.749° S, 177.750° 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 usp000fz84. 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
- 135°
- Stations used
- 20
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6798 days ago · 494 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.5Fiji region · 6797 days ago · 589 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6792 days ago · 421 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6782 days ago · 540 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6778 days ago · 580 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6777 days ago · 448 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6775 days ago · 617 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6768 days ago · 567 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6767 days ago · 578 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6763 days ago · 592 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6762 days ago · 603 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6762 days ago · 593 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6759 days ago · 440 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6747 days ago · 450 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6744 days ago · 576 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 4.1298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6801 days ago · 637 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6803 days ago · 580 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 337 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6819 days ago · 520 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6821 days ago · 400 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6828 days ago · 572 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fz84. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC.