M5.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Oct 2, 1985, 9:45 PM GMT+12 (09:45 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-02 09:45:27 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.958° S, 177.149° 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 2.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0292 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 14965 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 14964 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14964 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.2262 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 14931 days ago · 377 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002kcq (also filed as gcmtb100285b, gcmt19851002094527, iscgem512304). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC.