M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jun 8, 2009, 2:24 PM GMT-12 (02:24 UTC), 624 km (388 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2009-06-09 02:24:54 UTC
- Depth
- 623.8 km (387.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.439° S, 179.484° 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 usp000gy0d. 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
- 76°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 6307 days ago · 599 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6296 days ago · 574 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6279 days ago · 617 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6327 days ago · 612 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6327 days ago · 590 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6331 days ago · 611 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 6336 days ago · 596 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6343 days ago · 573 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6344 days ago · 667 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6344 days ago · 466 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6345 days ago · 627 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6355 days ago · 605 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gy0d. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC.