M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Feb 7, 1982, 7:55 PM GMT-12 (07:55 UTC), 454 km (282 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-08 07:55:01 UTC
- Depth
- 453.8 km (282.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.578° S, 179.564° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jhm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC.