M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 25, 1975, 12:11 PM GMT+13 (23:11 UTC), 569 km (354 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 1975-05-24 23:11:35 UTC
- Depth
- 569.0 km (353.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.380° S, 178.193° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 18752 days ago · 550 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.9294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18748 days ago · 465 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18732 days ago · 310 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18731 days ago · 490 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18717 days ago · 547 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 18700 days ago · 572 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000b5v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.