M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Jul 30, 1985, 9:08 PM GMT+13 (08:08 UTC), 508 km (316 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-30 08:08:26 UTC
- Depth
- 508.3 km (315.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.738° S, 177.871° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 15027 days ago · 599 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15027 days ago · 440 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 15021 days ago · 626 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15014 days ago · 632 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15009 days ago · 385 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 15007 days ago · 399 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.0241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14979 days ago · 564 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14972 days ago · 580 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002h77. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.