M6.1 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 26, 1987, 7:56 PM GMT+13 (06:56 UTC), 569 km (354 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-08-26 06:56:46 UTC
- Depth
- 569.3 km (353.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.749° S, 178.464° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 14239 days ago · 543 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14239 days ago · 537 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14224 days ago · 628 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14217 days ago · 612 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.5290 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14277 days ago · 426 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14279 days ago · 343 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14290 days ago · 620 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14294 days ago · 247 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14297 days ago · 517 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14297 days ago · 505 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14300 days ago · 613 km deep · 39 km away
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037u6 (also filed as gcmtb082687b, gcmt19870826065647, iscgem460643). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.