M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Sep 3, 1973, 4:23 PM GMT+13 (03:23 UTC), 639 km (397 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-09-03 03:23:47 UTC
- Depth
- 639.0 km (397.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.891° S, 178.959° 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
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 19354 days ago · 638 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 19338 days ago · 614 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 19337 days ago · 572 km deep · 42 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003ak (also filed as iscgem756047). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:52 AM UTC.