Fiji earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 24, 1980, 1:32 PM GMT+12 (01:32 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1980-04-24 01:32:29 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.208° S, 173.349° E
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
67

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9Fiji region · 16952 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 16953 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00016uj (also filed as gcmtb042480a, gcmt19800424013229, iscgem648254). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.