M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Feb 14, 1980, 9:38 AM GMT+13 (20:38 UTC), 592 km (368 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
- 1980-02-13 20:38:19 UTC
- Depth
- 592.0 km (367.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.104° S, 178.792° 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
- 90
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Fiji region · 17018 days ago · 580 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 17018 days ago · 594 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 17000 days ago · 621 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 16988 days ago · 555 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 16985 days ago · 530 km deep · 74 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00015e7 (also filed as gcmtb021380b, gcmt19800213203819, iscgem651119). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.