M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 11, 1979, 12:59 PM GMT-12 (00:59 UTC), 643 km (400 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-09-12 00:59:49 UTC
- Depth
- 643.0 km (399.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.181° S, 179.259° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Fiji region · 17185 days ago · 596 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1Fiji region · 17174 days ago · 447 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 17167 days ago · 576 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 17164 days ago · 563 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 17153 days ago · 571 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17146 days ago · 586 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 17132 days ago · 589 km deep · 44 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012wk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.