M4.7 earthquake 289 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 289 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji on Sat, Nov 23, 1985, 1:04 PM GMT+12 (01:04 UTC), 439 km (273 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-23 01:04:08 UTC
- Depth
- 438.6 km (272.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.531° S, 178.012° 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 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14911 days ago · 629 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14908 days ago · 475 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 14897 days ago · 618 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14882 days ago · 554 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.2197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14870 days ago · 479 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 5.4211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14931 days ago · 559 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14933 days ago · 617 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4295 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14934 days ago · 452 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.7208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 14939 days ago · 576 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9242 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14943 days ago · 583 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.3199 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 14951 days ago · 565 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002n36. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.