M4.2 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Oct 27, 1985, 5:09 PM GMT+13 (04:09 UTC), 601 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-27 04:09:39 UTC
- Depth
- 600.5 km (373.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.532° S, 177.446° 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Fiji region · 14929 days ago · 482 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14924 days ago · 617 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14902 days ago · 550 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14901 days ago · 629 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14898 days ago · 475 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14888 days ago · 618 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002m5x. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC.