Fiji earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 15, 1977, 8:03 AM GMT+13 (19:03 UTC), 577 km (359 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.4 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1977-03-14 19:03:07 UTC
Depth
577.0 km (358.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.730° S, 178.506° 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

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Stations used
119

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.0295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18088 days ago · 441 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 18087 days ago · 621 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 5.0Fiji region · 18084 days ago · 584 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.5268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18084 days ago · 543 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.7Fiji region · 18080 days ago · 567 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 5.0Fiji region · 18074 days ago · 543 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 18062 days ago · 647 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.6267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18058 days ago · 516 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 18049 days ago · 559 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.9Fiji region · 18040 days ago · 579 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 18038 days ago · 587 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 4.8Fiji region · 18107 days ago · 597 km deep · 73 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000mx1 (also filed as gcmtb031477a, gcmt19770314190307, iscgem701096). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC.