M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Apr 26, 1981, 3:24 AM GMT+13 (14:24 UTC), 387 km (241 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 288 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-04-25 14:24:58 UTC
- Depth
- 387.4 km (240.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.613° S, 177.703° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 16560 days ago · 548 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 16543 days ago · 510 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 16542 days ago · 586 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.8236 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 16537 days ago · 342 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.0288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 16536 days ago · 402 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 16536 days ago · 614 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001dbt. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.