M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 2, 1981, 1:43 PM GMT+13 (00:43 UTC), 547 km (340 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-04-02 00:43:17 UTC
- Depth
- 547.4 km (340.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.547° S, 178.470° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 16568 days ago · 548 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3285 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 16561 days ago · 608 km deep · 81 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001czq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC.