M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 13, 1977, 3:25 AM GMT+12 (15:25 UTC), 628 km (390 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-05-12 15:25:46 UTC
- Depth
- 628.0 km (390.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.214° S, 177.626° 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
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Fiji region · 18030 days ago · 617 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4266 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 18022 days ago · 568 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 18008 days ago · 573 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18005 days ago · 609 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18001 days ago · 532 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18000 days ago · 583 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.9232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17990 days ago · 579 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17986 days ago · 607 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.0261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17977 days ago · 464 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000nuv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.