M3.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 18, 2008, 11:09 AM GMT+13 (22:09 UTC), 578 km (359 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-17 22:09:25 UTC
- Depth
- 578.0 km (359.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.155° S, 177.509° 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 usp000gcey. 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
- 76°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 6653 days ago · 575 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6651 days ago · 573 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6641 days ago · 424 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6636 days ago · 600 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0259 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6636 days ago · 363 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6631 days ago · 610 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6625 days ago · 532 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1284 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6621 days ago · 697 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6619 days ago · 622 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6618 days ago · 571 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6618 days ago · 377 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6607 days ago · 497 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6600 days ago · 468 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6599 days ago · 549 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6598 days ago · 550 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 6659 days ago · 566 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6661 days ago · 564 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6664 days ago · 393 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6668 days ago · 528 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6668 days ago · 445 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6669 days ago · 569 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6671 days ago · 561 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6676 days ago · 565 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gcey. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:57 AM UTC.