M5.0 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 6, 1983, 6:08 AM GMT-12 (18:08 UTC), 625 km (389 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-04-06 18:08:07 UTC
- Depth
- 625.4 km (388.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.607° S, 179.295° 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.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001u7q. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.