Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 16, 2008, 10:46 PM GMT+13 (09:46 UTC), 487 km (303 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-04-16 09:46:19 UTC
Depth
487.4 km (302.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.013° S, 177.931° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (II) at Suva.

From the USGS event page for usp000g42d. 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
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
158

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6737 days ago · 337 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.4274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6736 days ago · 262 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 6732 days ago · 549 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.9297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6732 days ago · 500 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.3261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6727 days ago · 644 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.0245 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6727 days ago · 585 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.9259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6723 days ago · 457 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 6722 days ago · 560 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6720 days ago · 543 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6718 days ago · 487 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.0261 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6717 days ago · 480 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.3297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6717 days ago · 549 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 4.0294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6715 days ago · 500 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.2281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6715 days ago · 495 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 3.9289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6714 days ago · 341 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 5.4Fiji region · 6714 days ago · 604 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 5.3280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6713 days ago · 363 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 4.0Fiji region · 6707 days ago · 608 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.9Fiji region · 6696 days ago · 565 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 6683 days ago · 535 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 6745 days ago · 597 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.9271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6747 days ago · 486 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.8219 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6749 days ago · 227 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 6759 days ago · 496 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 6759 days ago · 527 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 6760 days ago · 440 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.2282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6767 days ago · 362 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.9290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6767 days ago · 503 km deep · 21 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g42d (also filed as us2008qxa5). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.