M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Nov 8, 1985, 10:57 PM GMT+13 (09:57 UTC), 619 km (385 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 1985-11-08 09:57:13 UTC
- Depth
- 619.4 km (384.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.930° S, 178.293° 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14914 days ago · 526 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 14909 days ago · 608 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 14906 days ago · 627 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14905 days ago · 628 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14900 days ago · 565 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14900 days ago · 606 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14886 days ago · 588 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14883 days ago · 639 km deep · 88 km away
- 6.1Fiji region · 14880 days ago · 455 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14879 days ago · 455 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14868 days ago · 585 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mja. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC.