M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 19, 1978, 3:55 AM GMT-12 (15:55 UTC), 612 km (380 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-11-19 15:55:27 UTC
- Depth
- 612.0 km (380.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.658° S, 179.436° 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
- 16
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 17456 days ago · 595 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 17452 days ago · 695 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 17442 days ago · 593 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 17428 days ago · 532 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 17418 days ago · 494 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000xha. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.