Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Nov 13, 2006, 9:54 AM GMT+13 (20:54 UTC), 573 km (356 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-11-12 20:54:53 UTC
Depth
572.9 km (356.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.530° S, 178.272° 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 usp000ex8d. 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.

Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0292 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7263 days ago · 599 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 5.4Fiji region · 7259 days ago · 599 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 7255 days ago · 673 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.6283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7254 days ago · 550 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.6285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 545 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7252 days ago · 620 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.7272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7249 days ago · 492 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 7241 days ago · 621 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.7294 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 7232 days ago · 654 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.2296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 580 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.0241 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7231 days ago · 500 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 7230 days ago · 531 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 4.1271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7229 days ago · 526 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 7224 days ago · 522 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 7224 days ago · 589 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7224 days ago · 513 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 4.7Fiji region · 7223 days ago · 581 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.6Fiji region · 7217 days ago · 565 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.7266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7209 days ago · 468 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 7207 days ago · 620 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 5.3Fiji region · 7265 days ago · 621 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 5.3288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7265 days ago · 488 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.7297 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7265 days ago · 468 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.3288 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7268 days ago · 420 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 7269 days ago · 582 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 7271 days ago · 600 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 7272 days ago · 527 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7277 days ago · 304 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7280 days ago · 539 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.7285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7283 days ago · 523 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 4.0Fiji region · 7287 days ago · 585 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 3.9Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 569 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 7292 days ago · 657 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.5291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7292 days ago · 539 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ex8d. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC.