M5.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 9, 1985, 1:32 PM GMT+12 (01:32 UTC), 662 km (411 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-01-09 01:32:38 UTC
- Depth
- 662.2 km (411.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.754° S, 179.085° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 15215 days ago · 549 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 15212 days ago · 615 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 15210 days ago · 629 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15208 days ago · 591 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15207 days ago · 559 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 15205 days ago · 560 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002avv (also filed as gcmtb010985a, gcmt19850109013238, iscgem533999). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:54 PM UTC.