M5.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 6, 1985, 1:14 PM GMT+13 (00:14 UTC), 607 km (377 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-06 00:14:35 UTC
- Depth
- 607.4 km (377.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.083° S, 178.318° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4Fiji region · 15021 days ago · 626 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15010 days ago · 385 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15001 days ago · 625 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14972 days ago · 580 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.5Fiji region · 15024 days ago · 570 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 15034 days ago · 656 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8283 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 15038 days ago · 677 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4295 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 15038 days ago · 590 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15041 days ago · 474 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3280 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 15043 days ago · 577 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15043 days ago · 446 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15047 days ago · 584 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15050 days ago · 610 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 15052 days ago · 610 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002he6 (also filed as gcmtb080685a, gcmt19850806001436, iscgem517425). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.