M5.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 31, 1985, 5:29 AM GMT+13 (16:29 UTC), 629 km (391 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
- 5.3 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-01-30 16:29:43 UTC
- Depth
- 629.0 km (390.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.967° S, 179.006° 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 2.3 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 15208 days ago · 591 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15207 days ago · 559 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 15205 days ago · 560 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 15172 days ago · 641 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.9Fiji region · 15167 days ago · 545 km deep · 88 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002bg9 (also filed as gcmtb013085b, gcmt19850130162943, iscgem535606). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC.