M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 26, 2008, 1:13 AM GMT-12 (13:13 UTC), 650 km (404 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-26 13:13:33 UTC
- Depth
- 650.0 km (403.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.216° S, 179.299° 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 usp000g2dm. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 6761 days ago · 478 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 6750 days ago · 597 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6741 days ago · 577 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6729 days ago · 530 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6723 days ago · 598 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6722 days ago · 520 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6717 days ago · 450 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6711 days ago · 585 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6710 days ago · 538 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6706 days ago · 664 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2dm. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.