M5.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 10, 1977, 9:31 PM GMT+12 (09:31 UTC), 653 km (406 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-01-10 09:31:49 UTC
- Depth
- 653.0 km (405.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.717° S, 179.246° 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
- 98
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 18143 days ago · 634 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 18137 days ago · 599 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000m4u (also filed as gcmtb011077a, gcmt19770110093149, iscgem703390). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.