Fiji earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 296 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 296 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Wed, Jul 16, 2008, 4:57 PM GMT+12 (04:57 UTC), 500 km (311 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 Fiji region. 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
2008-07-16 04:57:22 UTC
Depth
499.8 km (310.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.480° S, 177.955° 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 usp000gca3. 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
181°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 6651 days ago · 417 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 6.4Fiji region · 6649 days ago · 391 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.8274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 582 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.4223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 561 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.5260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6646 days ago · 548 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.3218 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6643 days ago · 614 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.2221 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6637 days ago · 564 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.9253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6637 days ago · 628 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.5213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6633 days ago · 548 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.0209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6631 days ago · 559 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 4.5277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6630 days ago · 616 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.7208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6630 days ago · 583 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.1216 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6629 days ago · 551 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 4.1245 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6624 days ago · 551 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 3.6239 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 6623 days ago · 466 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.5250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6615 days ago · 553 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 3.5267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6614 days ago · 633 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.4242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6610 days ago · 603 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 4.5228 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6610 days ago · 578 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6604 days ago · 593 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 4.0255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6604 days ago · 638 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 5.2254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6598 days ago · 534 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 3.8Fiji region · 6598 days ago · 522 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 3.4224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6654 days ago · 569 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 6654 days ago · 363 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.9203 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6656 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.0211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6659 days ago · 518 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.4214 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6662 days ago · 555 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.4236 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6663 days ago · 556 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 6663 days ago · 328 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.3222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6666 days ago · 595 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.0204 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6666 days ago · 610 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 4.4234 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 6667 days ago · 573 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.6Fiji region · 6668 days ago · 402 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.1232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6671 days ago · 585 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 4.4205 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6672 days ago · 531 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.2273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6674 days ago · 533 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.3254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6674 days ago · 558 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gca3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC.