M5.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jan 4, 1987, 1:32 PM GMT+13 (00:32 UTC), 560 km (348 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-04 00:32:14 UTC
- Depth
- 560.4 km (348.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.035° S, 178.684° 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 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 14502 days ago · 603 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14500 days ago · 525 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14493 days ago · 623 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14483 days ago · 434 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14465 days ago · 596 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14450 days ago · 486 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14450 days ago · 412 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14449 days ago · 629 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.8Fiji region · 14513 days ago · 593 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14520 days ago · 504 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 14521 days ago · 529 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14525 days ago · 466 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14531 days ago · 594 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14534 days ago · 589 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031cr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.