M4.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, May 15, 1973, 7:57 PM GMT-12 (07:57 UTC), 606 km (377 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-05-16 07:57:00 UTC
- Depth
- 606.0 km (376.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.967° S, 179.394° 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
- 11
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 19497 days ago · 607 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 19465 days ago · 648 km deep · 96 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00001uj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:25 AM UTC.