M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 21, 1985, 6:29 PM GMT+13 (05:29 UTC), 399 km (248 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 297 km ESE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-21 05:29:49 UTC
- Depth
- 398.8 km (247.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.344° S, 177.735° 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 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 14982 days ago · 580 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.4297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14967 days ago · 492 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14964 days ago · 600 km deep · 6 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hz1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:11 AM UTC.