M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 25, 1973, 5:09 PM GMT-12 (05:09 UTC), 634 km (394 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-03-26 05:09:50 UTC
- Depth
- 634.0 km (393.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.279° S, 179.081° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 54
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Fiji region · 19545 days ago · 610 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 19533 days ago · 550 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 19528 days ago · 610 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 19524 days ago · 561 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 19519 days ago · 645 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 19498 days ago · 501 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 19497 days ago · 606 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 19496 days ago · 607 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 19495 days ago · 595 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000132. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.