M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Oct 11, 1973, 8:39 PM GMT+12 (08:39 UTC), 654 km (406 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 270 km E 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-10-11 08:39:00 UTC
- Depth
- 654.0 km (406.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.992° S, 178.739° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19348 days ago · 619 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8172 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 19347 days ago · 588 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19340 days ago · 596 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19318 days ago · 583 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.6270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19316 days ago · 571 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.1210 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19315 days ago · 554 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.7243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 19312 days ago · 608 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003t1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.