M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 25, 1977, 3:24 AM GMT-12 (15:24 UTC), 633 km (393 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 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
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-06-25 15:24:42 UTC
- Depth
- 633.0 km (393.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.322° S, 179.237° 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
- 111
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.8Fiji region · 17975 days ago · 594 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 17971 days ago · 582 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17971 days ago · 607 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 17971 days ago · 577 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17962 days ago · 585 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17954 days ago · 570 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000pfd (also filed as gcmtb062577b, gcmt19770625152442, iscgem697698). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.