M5.0 earthquake 241 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 241 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Sep 19, 1985, 7:20 AM GMT+12 (19:20 UTC), 564 km (351 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-18 19:20:41 UTC
- Depth
- 564.1 km (350.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.052° S, 178.403° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14973 days ago · 649 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.4297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 14963 days ago · 492 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.0258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14952 days ago · 595 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14949 days ago · 590 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14946 days ago · 565 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.9242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14938 days ago · 583 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14935 days ago · 576 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4295 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14929 days ago · 452 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14929 days ago · 617 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.4211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14926 days ago · 559 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jvs. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC.