M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Aug 24, 1985, 11:00 AM GMT+13 (22:00 UTC), 586 km (364 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-23 22:00:58 UTC
- Depth
- 586.3 km (364.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.949° S, 178.606° 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 1.9 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 15002 days ago · 634 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 15001 days ago · 626 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15000 days ago · 625 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.6Fiji region · 14999 days ago · 625 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14999 days ago · 619 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14994 days ago · 645 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 14991 days ago · 626 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14991 days ago · 550 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14988 days ago · 621 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.0290 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14987 days ago · 493 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14985 days ago · 657 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14985 days ago · 550 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6258 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14979 days ago · 435 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002j2x. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.