M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Mar 26, 1978, 8:46 PM GMT+13 (07:46 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-03-26 07:46:08 UTC
- Depth
- 565.0 km (351.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.237° S, 178.834° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 17715 days ago · 538 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 17705 days ago · 457 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17699 days ago · 543 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 17663 days ago · 673 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000tr8. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:54 PM UTC.