Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jul 5, 2008, 4:03 PM GMT-12 (04:03 UTC), 621 km (386 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-07-06 04:03:11 UTC
Depth
620.7 km (385.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.114° S, 179.090° 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 usp000gbew. 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
132°
Stations used
30

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 6656 days ago · 580 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 6654 days ago · 621 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 6653 days ago · 568 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 6643 days ago · 604 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 6631 days ago · 569 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 6621 days ago · 578 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.6Fiji region · 6615 days ago · 643 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 6604 days ago · 605 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 6668 days ago · 563 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 6679 days ago · 593 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 6680 days ago · 593 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 6683 days ago · 535 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 6687 days ago · 628 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 3.5Fiji region · 6689 days ago · 622 km deep · 85 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gbew. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.