M5.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 7, 1976, 1:33 PM GMT+13 (00:33 UTC), 582 km (362 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-11-07 00:33:43 UTC
- Depth
- 582.0 km (361.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.820° S, 178.433° 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
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 18213 days ago · 569 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 18210 days ago · 579 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 18186 days ago · 566 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 18178 days ago · 622 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 18167 days ago · 575 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000k7k. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC.