M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Feb 21, 2008, 7:07 PM GMT+13 (06:07 UTC), 523 km (325 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-21 06:07:16 UTC
- Depth
- 522.8 km (324.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.148° S, 178.164° 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 usp000fzfv. 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9Fiji region · 6795 days ago · 313 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3244 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6790 days ago · 266 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6789 days ago · 504 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6788 days ago · 580 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6786 days ago · 540 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6774 days ago · 377 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6774 days ago · 598 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6771 days ago · 578 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6766 days ago · 582 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6761 days ago · 478 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6758 days ago · 527 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 6750 days ago · 597 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6747 days ago · 620 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6741 days ago · 577 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6798 days ago · 497 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6799 days ago · 488 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6801 days ago · 564 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6808 days ago · 568 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6811 days ago · 602 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6812 days ago · 573 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6815 days ago · 581 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6822 days ago · 517 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6824 days ago · 594 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6824 days ago · 521 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6825 days ago · 557 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fzfv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC.