Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Aug 15, 2008, 11:55 PM GMT+13 (10:55 UTC), 532 km (330 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-08-15 10:55:50 UTC
Depth
531.8 km (330.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.116° S, 177.750° 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 usp000geqx. 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1284 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6619 days ago · 697 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.8Fiji region · 6616 days ago · 622 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 3.8Fiji region · 6615 days ago · 571 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6615 days ago · 377 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.9Fiji region · 6605 days ago · 497 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 6597 days ago · 468 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 6596 days ago · 549 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6595 days ago · 550 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 6591 days ago · 572 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 3.3Fiji region · 6586 days ago · 608 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 6586 days ago · 575 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.4Fiji region · 6584 days ago · 613 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 6582 days ago · 493 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 6580 days ago · 588 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 4.6296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6577 days ago · 560 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 6570 days ago · 477 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 6628 days ago · 610 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.0259 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6633 days ago · 363 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 6634 days ago · 600 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 6639 days ago · 424 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 6648 days ago · 573 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 6651 days ago · 575 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 3.8Fiji region · 6651 days ago · 578 km deep · 26 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000geqx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.