M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 4, 1975, 10:12 PM GMT+13 (09:12 UTC), 619 km (385 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-02-04 09:12:10 UTC
- Depth
- 619.0 km (384.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.641° S, 178.805° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00009sp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.