M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 3, 1979, 8:18 AM GMT+13 (19:18 UTC), 576 km (358 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-10-02 19:18:11 UTC
- Depth
- 576.0 km (357.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.565° S, 178.704° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 17166 days ago · 595 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 17153 days ago · 571 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17147 days ago · 586 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 17140 days ago · 607 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 17133 days ago · 589 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17110 days ago · 655 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000137p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.