M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 28, 1979, 5:21 PM GMT+12 (05:21 UTC), 655 km (407 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-11-28 05:21:25 UTC
- Depth
- 655.0 km (407.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.765° S, 179.147° 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
- 100
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8266 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 17104 days ago · 585 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 17098 days ago · 592 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 17061 days ago · 526 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001487 (also filed as gcmtb112879a, gcmt19791128052125, iscgem656266). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC.