M5.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 26, 1978, 8:26 AM GMT+13 (19:26 UTC), 595 km (370 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-03-25 19:26:03 UTC
- Depth
- 595.0 km (369.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.030° S, 178.836° 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
- 226
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Fiji region · 17712 days ago · 628 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 17712 days ago · 565 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 17708 days ago · 538 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17692 days ago · 543 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 17692 days ago · 557 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 17657 days ago · 673 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tqf (also filed as gcmtb032578a, gcmt19780325192603, iscgem685629). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.