M6.8 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, May 26, 1986, 6:40 AM GMT-12 (18:40 UTC), 583 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.1 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-26 18:40:44 UTC
- Depth
- 583.4 km (362.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.819° S, 179.079° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 14729 days ago · 595 km deep · 93 km away
- 7.1south of the Fiji Islands · 14716 days ago · 547 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.8south of the Fiji Islands · 14701 days ago · 598 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 14696 days ago · 589 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 14685 days ago · 597 km deep · 45 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002uf3 (also filed as gcmtb052686b, gcmt19860526184046, iscgem496694). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC.