M5.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, May 2, 1983, 10:58 PM GMT+13 (09:58 UTC), 596 km (370 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-05-02 09:58:13 UTC
- Depth
- 596.0 km (370.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.733° S, 178.475° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 48 stations |
| 5.87 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.9 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5Fiji region · 15859 days ago · 594 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15825 days ago · 578 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15818 days ago · 610 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 15800 days ago · 584 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 15800 days ago · 529 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ux3 (also filed as gcmtb050283c, gcmt19830502095813, iscgem575272). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.