M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Sep 1, 1987, 10:46 AM GMT-12 (22:46 UTC), 593 km (368 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 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
- 5.4 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-09-01 22:46:50 UTC
- Depth
- 592.8 km (368.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.870° S, 179.455° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5Fiji region · 14243 days ago · 593 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14239 days ago · 537 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 14231 days ago · 568 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14224 days ago · 628 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.8Fiji region · 14210 days ago · 534 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003809 (also filed as gcmtb090187c, gcmt19870901224652, iscgem456708). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.