M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 16, 1985, 8:13 PM GMT+13 (07:13 UTC), 446 km (277 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-16 07:13:43 UTC
- Depth
- 445.5 km (276.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.378° S, 177.764° 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 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3280 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 15043 days ago · 577 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.9280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15041 days ago · 474 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15030 days ago · 508 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15027 days ago · 440 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 15023 days ago · 607 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 15021 days ago · 626 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15015 days ago · 632 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15010 days ago · 385 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 15008 days ago · 399 km deep · 5 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002gu3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.