Fiji earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 221 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Jan 26, 2008, 10:33 AM GMT+12 (22:33 UTC), 621 km (386 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2008-01-25 22:33:08 UTC
Depth
621.1 km (385.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.933° S, 178.597° 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 usp000fxfb. 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
76°
Stations used
149

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0209 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6817 days ago · 557 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6812 days ago · 626 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.1186 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6809 days ago · 559 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.3209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6808 days ago · 525 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 4.6270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6803 days ago · 580 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.6206 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6802 days ago · 529 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.1298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6801 days ago · 637 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.9292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6798 days ago · 494 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.4235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6797 days ago · 539 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.3250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6796 days ago · 496 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.9237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6789 days ago · 583 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.3220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6787 days ago · 599 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.4224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6784 days ago · 600 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 4.0272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6782 days ago · 540 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.0212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6780 days ago · 597 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.1236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6778 days ago · 580 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6776 days ago · 463 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 4.1233 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6772 days ago · 500 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 4.3282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6771 days ago · 483 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6768 days ago · 567 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.1217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6767 days ago · 638 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 3.8198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6764 days ago · 600 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 4.5236 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6829 days ago · 531 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.3201 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6833 days ago · 501 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.4286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6834 days ago · 600 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.3251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6835 days ago · 598 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6835 days ago · 596 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.6271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6838 days ago · 546 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 5.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6843 days ago · 508 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.5204 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6844 days ago · 530 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6845 days ago · 594 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.4214 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6845 days ago · 534 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 3.4198 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6845 days ago · 498 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.7256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6848 days ago · 598 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 3.6253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6848 days ago · 631 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.1202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6851 days ago · 529 km deep · 38 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxfb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.