M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jul 6, 2008, 10:23 PM GMT+12 (10:23 UTC), 328 km (204 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 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
- 2008-07-06 10:23:07 UTC
- Depth
- 328.2 km (203.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.742° S, 177.231° 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 usp000gbfd. 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
- 125°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 6654 days ago · 363 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5296 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6653 days ago · 500 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6651 days ago · 417 km deep · 61 km away
- 6.4Fiji region · 6649 days ago · 391 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 582 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6630 days ago · 616 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6604 days ago · 593 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gbfd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC.