M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jul 18, 1976, 6:44 PM GMT+12 (06:44 UTC), 567 km (352 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-18 06:44:04 UTC
- Depth
- 567.0 km (352.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.504° S, 177.706° 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
- 85
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1Fiji region · 18323 days ago · 595 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.6289 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 18315 days ago · 186 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18295 days ago · 600 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hdn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.