M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Sep 11, 1975, 1:02 PM GMT-12 (01:02 UTC), 386 km (240 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 288 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-09-12 01:02:56 UTC
- Depth
- 386.0 km (239.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.192° S, 176.958° 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
- 12
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 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 usp0000cs8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:41 AM UTC.