M3.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jul 28, 2008, 7:24 AM GMT+13 (18:24 UTC), 596 km (370 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
- 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-27 18:24:18 UTC
- Depth
- 595.7 km (370.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.971° S, 178.138° 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 usp000gd97. 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6640 days ago · 473 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6639 days ago · 424 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6634 days ago · 600 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6632 days ago · 577 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6629 days ago · 521 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6625 days ago · 544 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6620 days ago · 479 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6619 days ago · 490 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6615 days ago · 377 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6605 days ago · 497 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6597 days ago · 468 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6596 days ago · 549 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6595 days ago · 550 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6594 days ago · 627 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 382 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 553 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 476 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 474 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6589 days ago · 391 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6585 days ago · 467 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6585 days ago · 546 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6584 days ago · 556 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6583 days ago · 479 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 3.8Fiji region · 6644 days ago · 618 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6648 days ago · 576 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6649 days ago · 537 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6650 days ago · 575 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6652 days ago · 541 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6658 days ago · 564 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6660 days ago · 586 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6661 days ago · 561 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6661 days ago · 393 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6Fiji region · 6665 days ago · 490 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6665 days ago · 528 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1299 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6665 days ago · 565 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.8Fiji region · 6669 days ago · 561 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4247 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6669 days ago · 496 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gd97. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.