M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 5, 1988, 2:35 PM GMT+13 (01:35 UTC), 601 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-05 01:35:19 UTC
- Depth
- 601.0 km (373.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.745° S, 178.278° 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 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 14092 days ago · 592 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14087 days ago · 555 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14077 days ago · 595 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 14073 days ago · 559 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14070 days ago · 395 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14063 days ago · 516 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14061 days ago · 557 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14056 days ago · 528 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14053 days ago · 374 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003dkq. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.