M5.3 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 1, 1985, 3:21 PM GMT-12 (03:21 UTC), 636 km (395 mi) below the surface.
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
- 1985-04-02 03:21:41 UTC
- Depth
- 636.1 km (395.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.236° S, 179.075° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 15135 days ago · 546 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 15118 days ago · 635 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 15117 days ago · 480 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15095 days ago · 549 km deep · 47 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002dct (also filed as gcmtb040285c, gcmt19850402032142, iscgem526585). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.