Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Nov 20, 2008, 1:41 PM GMT-12 (01:41 UTC), 609 km (379 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-11-21 01:41:14 UTC
Depth
609.4 km (378.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.635° S, 179.430° 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 usp000gp4p. 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
122°
Stations used
26

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 6519 days ago · 630 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.8Fiji region · 6513 days ago · 538 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 6502 days ago · 570 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6500 days ago · 583 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6494 days ago · 593 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6483 days ago · 602 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 6474 days ago · 654 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 6470 days ago · 598 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 3.5Fiji region · 6525 days ago · 537 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 5.8south of the Fiji Islands · 6526 days ago · 596 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 6526 days ago · 645 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6530 days ago · 582 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 6533 days ago · 625 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 6534 days ago · 465 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 6541 days ago · 581 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6552 days ago · 589 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.0Fiji region · 6552 days ago · 517 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.8Fiji region · 6554 days ago · 300 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gp4p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.