M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 8, 1978, 4:33 AM GMT+13 (15:33 UTC), 578 km (359 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 1978-02-07 15:33:00 UTC
- Depth
- 578.0 km (359.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.059° S, 178.248° 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
- 53
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9295 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 17748 days ago · 640 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 17730 days ago · 437 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.6264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 17711 days ago · 487 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.5296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 17711 days ago · 550 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 17708 days ago · 538 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.0278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 17706 days ago · 383 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sv3 (also filed as gcmtb020778c, gcmt19780207153300, iscgem686176). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.