M5.0 earthquake 258 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 258 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Tue, Oct 22, 1985, 2:54 PM GMT+12 (02:54 UTC), 595 km (370 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 199 km ENE 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
- 1985-10-22 02:54:15 UTC
- Depth
- 594.9 km (369.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.151° S, 178.240° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 14942 days ago · 590 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14940 days ago · 601 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14940 days ago · 565 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.9242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14932 days ago · 583 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14928 days ago · 576 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4295 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14923 days ago · 452 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14922 days ago · 617 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.4211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14920 days ago · 559 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7289 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14913 days ago · 439 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14899 days ago · 629 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4187 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14898 days ago · 631 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14896 days ago · 475 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14886 days ago · 618 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002m0h. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC.