M4.6 earthquake 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 263 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Thu, Nov 14, 1985, 9:00 PM GMT+12 (09:00 UTC), 617 km (384 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 211 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-14 09:00:28 UTC
- Depth
- 617.4 km (383.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.143° S, 178.192° 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 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14920 days ago · 559 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7289 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14914 days ago · 439 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14900 days ago · 629 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4187 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14898 days ago · 631 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.7285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14897 days ago · 475 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14886 days ago · 618 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 14874 days ago · 433 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14871 days ago · 554 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 4.4295 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14923 days ago · 452 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14928 days ago · 576 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.9242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14932 days ago · 583 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14940 days ago · 565 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 14941 days ago · 601 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 14943 days ago · 590 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.0258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14946 days ago · 595 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ms1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC.