Fiji earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 2, 2008, 6:05 AM GMT+13 (17:05 UTC), 497 km (309 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-09-01 17:05:11 UTC
Depth
496.5 km (308.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.390° S, 177.616° 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 usp000gg5v. 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
146°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 6599 days ago · 468 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 6598 days ago · 549 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6597 days ago · 550 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.7286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6595 days ago · 382 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6593 days ago · 476 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6593 days ago · 474 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 6592 days ago · 572 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.4221 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6592 days ago · 350 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.3Fiji region · 6588 days ago · 608 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 6588 days ago · 575 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.9279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6588 days ago · 467 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.9266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6585 days ago · 479 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 6583 days ago · 493 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 6581 days ago · 588 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.6296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6579 days ago · 560 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 6572 days ago · 477 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.6Fiji region · 6566 days ago · 585 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 3.6257 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6561 days ago · 480 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.8Fiji region · 6554 days ago · 567 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 6551 days ago · 506 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.5Fiji region · 6548 days ago · 579 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 4.4Fiji region · 6548 days ago · 582 km deep · 26 km away

Before

  1. 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6617 days ago · 377 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.8Fiji region · 6617 days ago · 571 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 3.8Fiji region · 6618 days ago · 622 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.1284 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6620 days ago · 697 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.3254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6622 days ago · 479 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 6624 days ago · 532 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 6630 days ago · 610 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.0259 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6635 days ago · 363 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 6636 days ago · 600 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gg5v. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.