M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 2:05 PM GMT+13 (01:05 UTC), 608 km (378 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-21 01:05:11 UTC
- Depth
- 608.4 km (378.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.278° S, 178.234° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.9 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 2833 days ago · 580 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2831 days ago · 499 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 525 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2828 days ago · 537 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2827 days ago · 481 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2824 days ago · 543 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2819 days ago · 538 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2819 days ago · 545 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2817 days ago · 476 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2809 days ago · 587 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2809 days ago · 498 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 519 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2806 days ago · 545 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2801 days ago · 562 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2799 days ago · 457 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2792 days ago · 593 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 614 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 545 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2785 days ago · 579 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2783 days ago · 598 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 535 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.7Fiji region · 2839 days ago · 608 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2839 days ago · 588 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2846 days ago · 565 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2849 days ago · 539 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 482 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2854 days ago · 545 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2854 days ago · 490 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2854 days ago · 543 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 525 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 551 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2857 days ago · 478 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2858 days ago · 562 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2859 days ago · 508 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2867 days ago · 532 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2867 days ago · 528 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j1zt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.