M4.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 23, 2008, 1:22 PM GMT+13 (00:22 UTC), 578 km (359 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-23 00:22:25 UTC
- Depth
- 577.6 km (358.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.847° S, 177.563° 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 usp000g231. 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
- 128°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 6763 days ago · 603 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6763 days ago · 593 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6760 days ago · 440 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6745 days ago · 576 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6725 days ago · 461 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6723 days ago · 559 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6723 days ago · 560 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6708 days ago · 582 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g231. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.