M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Mar 22, 1988, 12:24 PM GMT+13 (23:24 UTC), 627 km (389 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 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-21 23:24:25 UTC
- Depth
- 626.8 km (389.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.963° S, 178.872° 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 2.4 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 14058 days ago · 557 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14053 days ago · 528 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 14052 days ago · 619 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14047 days ago · 526 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14039 days ago · 596 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14034 days ago · 593 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14027 days ago · 491 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14016 days ago · 619 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14015 days ago · 676 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003e6b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.