M5.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 8, 1985, 6:42 AM GMT+13 (17:42 UTC), 626 km (389 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-07 17:42:39 UTC
- Depth
- 625.6 km (388.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.504° S, 178.027° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 15014 days ago · 632 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15009 days ago · 385 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 15007 days ago · 399 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14972 days ago · 580 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 5.6Fiji region · 15022 days ago · 607 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15027 days ago · 440 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15029 days ago · 508 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 15033 days ago · 656 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.9280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 15041 days ago · 474 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3280 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 15043 days ago · 577 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15043 days ago · 446 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15050 days ago · 610 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hfw (also filed as gcmtb080785d, gcmt19850807174241, iscgem517549). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.