Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jun 21, 2015, 3:37 PM GMT-12 (03:37 UTC), 554 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
2015-06-22 03:37:08 UTC
Depth
554.5 km (344.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.646° S, 179.028° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 15.3 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
32

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4117 days ago · 634 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 4115 days ago · 613 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4113 days ago · 460 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 4106 days ago · 574 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 4098 days ago · 574 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 4096 days ago · 464 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 4088 days ago · 598 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 4087 days ago · 567 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 4084 days ago · 528 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 4077 days ago · 579 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 4075 days ago · 598 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 4069 days ago · 555 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 4067 days ago · 549 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 4065 days ago · 595 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 570 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 4130 days ago · 534 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 593 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4140 days ago · 583 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 4142 days ago · 614 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 4148 days ago · 615 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 4149 days ago · 588 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 4150 days ago · 573 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 4150 days ago · 606 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002vzr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.