M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jul 13, 1985, 8:04 AM GMT+13 (19:04 UTC), 584 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-12 19:04:28 UTC
- Depth
- 583.5 km (362.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.816° S, 178.507° 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 1.9 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4295 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 15038 days ago · 590 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.8283 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 15038 days ago · 677 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 15033 days ago · 656 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15029 days ago · 481 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15024 days ago · 570 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 15022 days ago · 607 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15009 days ago · 633 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15004 days ago · 586 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15003 days ago · 634 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 15001 days ago · 626 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15001 days ago · 625 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.6Fiji region · 14999 days ago · 625 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14999 days ago · 619 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14994 days ago · 645 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 14991 days ago · 626 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14991 days ago · 550 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14988 days ago · 621 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0290 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14987 days ago · 493 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gr0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.