M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jul 9, 1977, 5:11 PM GMT-12 (05:11 UTC), 607 km (377 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-07-10 05:11:40 UTC
- Depth
- 607.0 km (377.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.917° S, 179.251° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.82 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.8 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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
- 113
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3south of the Fiji Islands · 17974 days ago · 573 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17974 days ago · 585 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 17946 days ago · 544 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 17925 days ago · 583 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17924 days ago · 593 km deep · 26 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000pnz (also filed as gcmtb071077e, gcmt19770710051140, iscgem695763). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.