M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Nov 15, 1987, 8:21 PM GMT+13 (07:21 UTC), 499 km (310 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-11-15 07:21:03 UTC
- Depth
- 498.9 km (310.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.188° S, 178.400° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 14186 days ago · 600 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14163 days ago · 560 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14155 days ago · 452 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 14146 days ago · 628 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14135 days ago · 521 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.8Fiji region · 14192 days ago · 553 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 14201 days ago · 627 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14201 days ago · 652 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14202 days ago · 639 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.8Fiji region · 14210 days ago · 534 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14217 days ago · 612 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003a4w. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC.