M5.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 6, 1979, 2:25 PM GMT+13 (01:25 UTC), 589 km (366 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-11-06 01:25:00 UTC
- Depth
- 589.0 km (366.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.081° S, 178.847° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.64 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.6 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 140
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1Fiji region · 17113 days ago · 589 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 17110 days ago · 655 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 17099 days ago · 592 km deep · 19 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00013ve (also filed as gcmtb110679a, gcmt19791106012500, iscgem655169). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.