M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 31, 1975, 8:20 PM GMT+13 (07:20 UTC), 550 km (342 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-05-31 07:20:11 UTC
- Depth
- 550.0 km (341.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.244° S, 177.959° 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
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18751 days ago · 465 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18735 days ago · 310 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.8298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18733 days ago · 490 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 18719 days ago · 547 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 18697 days ago · 609 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000b8j. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.