M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Aug 4, 1985, 7:15 PM GMT+12 (07:15 UTC), 576 km (358 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 1985-08-04 07:15:32 UTC
- Depth
- 576.1 km (358.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.114° S, 179.574° 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 15024 days ago · 570 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15009 days ago · 633 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15003 days ago · 634 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 15001 days ago · 626 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15001 days ago · 625 km deep · 89 km away
- 6.6Fiji region · 15000 days ago · 625 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 15000 days ago · 619 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14995 days ago · 622 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14994 days ago · 645 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 14992 days ago · 626 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14991 days ago · 550 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14989 days ago · 621 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14986 days ago · 657 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14986 days ago · 550 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hbw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.