M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 15, 1978, 2:06 PM GMT+13 (01:06 UTC), 619 km (385 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), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-15 01:06:27 UTC
- Depth
- 619.0 km (384.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.635° S, 178.784° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 17770 days ago · 624 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 17767 days ago · 385 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 17764 days ago · 576 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17754 days ago · 605 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 17740 days ago · 620 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 17740 days ago · 437 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sh8 (also filed as iscgem687772). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC.