M5.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 17, 1980, 12:33 PM GMT+13 (23:33 UTC), 599 km (372 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-09-16 23:33:40 UTC
- Depth
- 599.0 km (372.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.615° S, 178.781° 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
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Fiji region · 16792 days ago · 604 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 16778 days ago · 576 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 16774 days ago · 448 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 16771 days ago · 509 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00019up (also filed as gcmtb091680b, gcmt19800916233340, iscgem638806). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC.