Fiji earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Sep 28, 1987, 11:12 PM GMT+13 (10:12 UTC), 537 km (334 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1987-09-28 10:12:37 UTC
Depth
537.3 km (333.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.451° S, 178.957° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2south of the Fiji Islands · 14231 days ago · 568 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 14224 days ago · 628 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 14217 days ago · 612 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 5.8Fiji region · 14210 days ago · 534 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 14202 days ago · 639 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 14201 days ago · 652 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 5.0Fiji region · 14201 days ago · 627 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 14193 days ago · 553 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 14191 days ago · 499 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 4.4Fiji region · 14186 days ago · 600 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Fiji region · 14239 days ago · 543 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 5.5Fiji region · 14243 days ago · 593 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 5.4Fiji region · 14266 days ago · 593 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00038t9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC.