M3.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Apr 1, 2008, 5:48 AM GMT+12 (17:48 UTC), 400 km (249 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 292 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-31 17:48:15 UTC
- Depth
- 400.0 km (248.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.576° S, 177.407° 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 usp000g2ty. 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
- 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6748 days ago · 450 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6739 days ago · 323 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6711 days ago · 606 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.5292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6708 days ago · 582 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4259 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6701 days ago · 555 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.6Fiji region · 6763 days ago · 593 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6763 days ago · 603 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6764 days ago · 592 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6772 days ago · 483 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6777 days ago · 463 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6783 days ago · 540 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g2ty. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.