M5.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 22, 1984, 6:18 PM GMT+13 (05:18 UTC), 616 km (383 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 274 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-08-22 05:18:41 UTC
- Depth
- 616.4 km (383.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.023° S, 178.425° 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 2.2 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 15383 days ago · 440 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15379 days ago · 542 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15378 days ago · 643 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 15365 days ago · 621 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 15360 days ago · 599 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15350 days ago · 538 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.6274 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 15335 days ago · 676 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 15331 days ago · 535 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.0272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15326 days ago · 436 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 15324 days ago · 575 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00026kx. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.