M5.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 15, 1973, 7:10 PM GMT+13 (06:10 UTC), 610 km (379 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-04-15 06:10:50 UTC
- Depth
- 610.0 km (379.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.613° S, 178.825° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 93
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 19522 days ago · 561 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 19517 days ago · 645 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 19493 days ago · 595 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 19490 days ago · 550 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 19478 days ago · 613 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 19466 days ago · 593 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00001dp (also filed as iscgem761576). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.