M4.6 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 19, 1985, 12:04 PM GMT+13 (23:04 UTC), 385 km (239 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-18 23:04:52 UTC
- Depth
- 385.0 km (239.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.595° S, 177.716° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 15017 days ago · 399 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14982 days ago · 580 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14963 days ago · 600 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.9Fiji region · 15024 days ago · 632 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 15030 days ago · 626 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 15032 days ago · 607 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15036 days ago · 440 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15038 days ago · 508 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 15043 days ago · 656 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hwg. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC.