M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 22, 1981, 7:23 PM GMT+12 (07:23 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-22 07:23:09 UTC
- Depth
- 192.6 km (119.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.086° S, 177.400° 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 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2Fiji region · 16440 days ago · 577 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 16430 days ago · 449 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 16410 days ago · 570 km deep · 59 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001g1h. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC.