Fiji earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 18, 2008, 11:59 AM GMT+12 (23:59 UTC), 417 km (259 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 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
2008-07-17 23:59:19 UTC
Depth
417.2 km (259.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.912° S, 177.782° 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 usp000gcfa. 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
123°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.4Fiji region · 6649 days ago · 391 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 6648 days ago · 573 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.8274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 582 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.4223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 561 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.5260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 548 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6642 days ago · 614 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.9253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6636 days ago · 628 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.5213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6633 days ago · 548 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.5277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6630 days ago · 616 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 6629 days ago · 610 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.1284 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6619 days ago · 697 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 4.5250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6614 days ago · 553 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.5267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6613 days ago · 633 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.4242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6610 days ago · 603 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6610 days ago · 578 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6603 days ago · 593 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6603 days ago · 638 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 4.7245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6601 days ago · 527 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 5.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6598 days ago · 534 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.8Fiji region · 6597 days ago · 522 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.5296 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6653 days ago · 500 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 3.4224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6653 days ago · 569 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.4214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6662 days ago · 555 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6662 days ago · 556 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 6663 days ago · 328 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6665 days ago · 595 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.4234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6667 days ago · 573 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.6Fiji region · 6668 days ago · 402 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.1232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6670 days ago · 585 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6673 days ago · 533 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6674 days ago · 558 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gcfa. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.