M5.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 22, 1977, 12:22 PM GMT-12 (00:22 UTC), 643 km (400 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-02-23 00:22:47 UTC
- Depth
- 643.0 km (399.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.966° S, 179.631° 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
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 18084 days ago · 584 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 18074 days ago · 605 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 18068 days ago · 597 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 18058 days ago · 555 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 18056 days ago · 600 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000mpa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.