M3.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 23, 2008, 2:52 AM GMT+13 (13:52 UTC), 571 km (355 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
- 2008-08-22 13:52:22 UTC
- Depth
- 571.1 km (354.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.280° S, 177.424° 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 usp000gf8f. 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
- 134°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6615 days ago · 377 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6605 days ago · 497 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6597 days ago · 468 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 6596 days ago · 549 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6595 days ago · 550 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 476 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 474 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6591 days ago · 572 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.4221 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6590 days ago · 350 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.3Fiji region · 6586 days ago · 608 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6586 days ago · 575 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6586 days ago · 467 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6582 days ago · 493 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6579 days ago · 588 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6577 days ago · 560 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.7278 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 6573 days ago · 268 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6570 days ago · 477 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 3.8Fiji region · 6616 days ago · 622 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1284 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6619 days ago · 697 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6622 days ago · 532 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6628 days ago · 610 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0259 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6633 days ago · 363 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6634 days ago · 600 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6639 days ago · 424 km deep · 72 km away
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gf8f. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.