M5.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 9, 1976, 8:58 PM GMT+13 (07:58 UTC), 537 km (334 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-09 07:58:43 UTC
- Depth
- 537.0 km (333.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.114° S, 178.735° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 18340 days ago · 450 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 18338 days ago · 603 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 18330 days ago · 634 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 18326 days ago · 619 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 18325 days ago · 636 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 18297 days ago · 613 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 18297 days ago · 612 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000h83. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.