M4.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 21, 1986, 11:52 AM GMT-12 (23:52 UTC), 619 km (385 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.8 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-21 23:52:26 UTC
- Depth
- 619.3 km (384.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.922° S, 179.529° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 14748 days ago · 684 km deep · 63 km away
- 6.8Fiji region · 14729 days ago · 583 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 14721 days ago · 595 km deep · 61 km away
- 7.1south of the Fiji Islands · 14708 days ago · 547 km deep · 64 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002t3f. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.