M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 14, 1985, 9:22 AM GMT+12 (21:22 UTC), 632 km (393 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 241 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-13 21:22:12 UTC
- Depth
- 631.9 km (392.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.801° S, 177.929° 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 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Fiji region · 15009 days ago · 385 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 15007 days ago · 399 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14979 days ago · 564 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14972 days ago · 580 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14966 days ago · 649 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.4297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14957 days ago · 492 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 5.4Fiji region · 15021 days ago · 626 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15027 days ago · 440 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 15027 days ago · 599 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15029 days ago · 508 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.3280 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 15043 days ago · 577 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15043 days ago · 446 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hq4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC.