M4.9 earthquake 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 232 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Jun 21, 1977, 8:38 PM GMT+12 (08:38 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 261 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-06-21 08:38:47 UTC
- Depth
- 579.0 km (359.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.890° S, 178.498° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17986 days ago · 607 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17980 days ago · 618 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.0261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17978 days ago · 464 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8163 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 17969 days ago · 596 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.8242 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17968 days ago · 557 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.8222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17964 days ago · 596 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.8204 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17949 days ago · 552 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.1213 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17942 days ago · 562 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 17936 days ago · 564 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.5211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 17999 days ago · 574 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7227 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18000 days ago · 583 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.1282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18002 days ago · 532 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.8243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18005 days ago · 609 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.4219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18017 days ago · 578 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 18019 days ago · 571 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000pdb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.