M3.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 2:36 AM GMT+12 (14:36 UTC), 618 km (384 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2008-07-24 14:36:13 UTC
- Depth
- 617.6 km (383.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.261° S, 178.724° 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 usp000gd26. 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
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6Fiji region · 6640 days ago · 596 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6634 days ago · 600 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6632 days ago · 577 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6629 days ago · 521 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6625 days ago · 544 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6615 days ago · 643 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6604 days ago · 605 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6594 days ago · 627 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 382 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 553 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 391 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6585 days ago · 546 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.7Fiji region · 6648 days ago · 576 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6650 days ago · 575 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6652 days ago · 541 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6653 days ago · 568 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6654 days ago · 621 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6655 days ago · 580 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6660 days ago · 586 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6661 days ago · 561 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6664 days ago · 490 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6665 days ago · 565 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6668 days ago · 563 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6671 days ago · 573 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gd26. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:57 AM UTC.