M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 29, 1973, 9:14 AM GMT+12 (21:14 UTC), 398 km (247 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 192 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-04-28 21:14:06 UTC
- Depth
- 398.0 km (247.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.348° S, 178.515° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19509 days ago · 596 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19506 days ago · 600 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 19506 days ago · 590 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.3192 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 19502 days ago · 543 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19494 days ago · 570 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8180 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 19479 days ago · 553 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 19458 days ago · 587 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 19457 days ago · 565 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00001mf. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC.