M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 12, 1980, 4:20 PM GMT-12 (04:20 UTC), 655 km (407 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-08-13 04:20:46 UTC
- Depth
- 655.0 km (407.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.585° S, 179.228° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 48
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 16838 days ago · 590 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 16817 days ago · 597 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 16791 days ago · 604 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00019cm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.