Fiji earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 2, 2008, 4:30 PM GMT+12 (04:30 UTC), 643 km (400 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 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
2008-11-02 04:30:11 UTC
Depth
643.1 km (399.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.848° S, 177.855° 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 usp000gmnx. 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
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6542 days ago · 541 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.5276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6540 days ago · 587 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.2232 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6536 days ago · 562 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.8224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6535 days ago · 589 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.0210 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6530 days ago · 595 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 6528 days ago · 383 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 6526 days ago · 583 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.5225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6524 days ago · 548 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.4272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6524 days ago · 637 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.1283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6523 days ago · 507 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.4257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6523 days ago · 564 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.9221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6523 days ago · 586 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 6521 days ago · 556 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6518 days ago · 566 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.9215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6517 days ago · 559 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 6.0Fiji region · 6516 days ago · 386 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 3.6226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6513 days ago · 601 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.0225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6513 days ago · 606 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.6222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6508 days ago · 543 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 4.4216 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6506 days ago · 558 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6504 days ago · 610 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 6499 days ago · 603 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 4.6Fiji region · 6499 days ago · 381 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 5.8247 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6498 days ago · 530 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.6239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6496 days ago · 622 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 3.4294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6494 days ago · 493 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 3.2275 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6492 days ago · 400 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 4.9217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6490 days ago · 564 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 3.0239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6488 days ago · 500 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 4.3225 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6487 days ago · 588 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 4.4249 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6486 days ago · 588 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.4250 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6545 days ago · 552 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.6241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6549 days ago · 548 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.4239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6549 days ago · 371 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.5236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6550 days ago · 578 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.9244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6551 days ago · 636 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.8Fiji region · 6553 days ago · 567 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.9211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6556 days ago · 615 km deep · 89 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gmnx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC.