M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 3, 1974, 1:07 AM GMT+13 (12:07 UTC), 441 km (274 mi) below the surface.
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
- 1974-09-02 12:07:36 UTC
- Depth
- 441.0 km (274.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.340° S, 177.517° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 19013 days ago · 602 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 18988 days ago · 394 km deep · 76 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00007wj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC.