M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 23, 1980, 1:55 AM GMT+13 (12:55 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-04-22 12:55:03 UTC
- Depth
- 550.0 km (341.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.504° S, 178.359° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 16952 days ago · 463 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 16936 days ago · 486 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 16920 days ago · 626 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 16913 days ago · 293 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 16911 days ago · 567 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 16899 days ago · 405 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 16898 days ago · 580 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 16897 days ago · 449 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 16896 days ago · 587 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00016th. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC.