M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 13, 1984, 12:46 AM GMT+13 (11:46 UTC), 321 km (199 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 243 km NW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-03-12 11:46:31 UTC
- Depth
- 320.8 km (199.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.815° S, 177.169° 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 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15532 days ago · 360 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15532 days ago · 545 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15523 days ago · 490 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15520 days ago · 550 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8248 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15499 days ago · 507 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8212 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15489 days ago · 429 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 5.5127 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15544 days ago · 228 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15545 days ago · 504 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7211 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15560 days ago · 455 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15561 days ago · 526 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00022kn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC.