M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Sep 9, 1978, 10:37 PM GMT+13 (09:37 UTC), 625 km (388 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-09-09 09:37:05 UTC
- Depth
- 625.0 km (388.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.778° S, 178.827° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 17534 days ago · 582 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17534 days ago · 588 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 17530 days ago · 626 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 17529 days ago · 574 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17507 days ago · 550 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 17498 days ago · 602 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000wfb. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.