M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jun 8, 1979, 6:00 AM GMT+13 (17:00 UTC), 531 km (330 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-06-07 17:00:24 UTC
- Depth
- 531.0 km (329.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.453° S, 178.375° 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
- 7
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
- 5.2Fiji region · 17276 days ago · 580 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 17270 days ago · 520 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 17262 days ago · 555 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.2275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 17262 days ago · 510 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.9291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 17262 days ago · 513 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17241 days ago · 558 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001159. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC.