M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Apr 21, 2009, 3:38 PM GMT+13 (02:38 UTC), 593 km (369 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
- 2009-04-21 02:38:41 UTC
- Depth
- 593.2 km (368.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.648° S, 178.829° 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 usp000gwec. 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
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 6361 days ago · 633 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6346 days ago · 647 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6345 days ago · 627 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6343 days ago · 667 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6343 days ago · 573 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6331 days ago · 611 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gwec. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.