M4.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 8, 1987, 7:50 PM GMT+13 (06:50 UTC), 603 km (375 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-08 06:50:08 UTC
- Depth
- 603.2 km (374.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.052° S, 178.875° 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 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 14500 days ago · 525 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14493 days ago · 623 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14483 days ago · 434 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14465 days ago · 596 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14449 days ago · 629 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 5.1Fiji region · 14506 days ago · 560 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14513 days ago · 593 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14520 days ago · 504 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 14521 days ago · 529 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14525 days ago · 466 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14531 days ago · 594 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00031ge. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.