M4.7 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 3, 1985, 10:09 PM GMT+12 (10:09 UTC), 572 km (356 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 273 km E 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-04-03 10:09:39 UTC
- Depth
- 572.2 km (355.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.300° S, 177.801° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9252 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 15145 days ago · 642 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 15144 days ago · 628 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 15133 days ago · 495 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 15117 days ago · 447 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 15112 days ago · 649 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.5273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 15102 days ago · 611 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15088 days ago · 632 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002de0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC.