M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 6, 1985, 10:08 PM GMT+13 (09:08 UTC), 606 km (376 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 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
- 1985-12-06 09:08:37 UTC
- Depth
- 605.8 km (376.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.777° S, 178.460° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 14894 days ago · 588 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14891 days ago · 639 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.1Fiji region · 14888 days ago · 455 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 14887 days ago · 455 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 14876 days ago · 585 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 14876 days ago · 520 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14857 days ago · 557 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 5.1Fiji region · 14909 days ago · 565 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14913 days ago · 628 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 14914 days ago · 627 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 14917 days ago · 608 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 14923 days ago · 526 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14936 days ago · 687 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 14936 days ago · 619 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002nks. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC.