M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 16, 2005, 3:48 AM GMT-12 (15:48 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2005-12-16 15:48:21 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.435° S, 176.699° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000e68t. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 7597 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7597 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7570 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7554 days ago · 249 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e68t. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.