M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 28, 1985, 8:23 AM GMT+13 (19:23 UTC), 625 km (388 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.6 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-27 19:23:41 UTC
- Depth
- 624.9 km (388.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.745° S, 178.814° 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 1.8 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.6Fiji region · 15000 days ago · 625 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 15000 days ago · 619 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 14994 days ago · 645 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 14992 days ago · 626 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14992 days ago · 550 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14989 days ago · 621 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.0290 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14988 days ago · 493 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 14986 days ago · 657 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14986 days ago · 550 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.2277 km SSE of Levuka, Fiji · 14945 days ago · 686 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.5281 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 14945 days ago · 700 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14944 days ago · 540 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.9284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14943 days ago · 550 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 5.4Fiji region · 15002 days ago · 626 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15003 days ago · 634 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 15005 days ago · 586 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 15009 days ago · 633 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 15023 days ago · 607 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15024 days ago · 570 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 15025 days ago · 576 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 15029 days ago · 481 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002j6v. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.