M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Apr 22, 1986, 9:10 AM GMT+13 (20:10 UTC), 550 km (342 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
- 1986-04-21 20:10:46 UTC
- Depth
- 550.0 km (341.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.897° S, 178.303° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7277 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14746 days ago · 543 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14741 days ago · 621 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.2286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14721 days ago · 502 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14717 days ago · 411 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14715 days ago · 478 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14713 days ago · 627 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14707 days ago · 561 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14705 days ago · 555 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002t3a. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:22 PM UTC.