M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 3:01 AM GMT+13 (14:01 UTC), 580 km (360 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
- 2018-12-26 14:01:21 UTC
- Depth
- 579.8 km (360.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.548° S, 178.064° 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 17.1 km horizontally, 17.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 233°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2832 days ago · 499 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.7296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2829 days ago · 525 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2829 days ago · 537 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2828 days ago · 481 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 543 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2820 days ago · 538 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2819 days ago · 545 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2263 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2818 days ago · 476 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2810 days ago · 587 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2809 days ago · 498 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 519 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.5298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2807 days ago · 545 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.8295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2802 days ago · 562 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.7289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2800 days ago · 457 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2793 days ago · 593 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2790 days ago · 614 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 2789 days ago · 545 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2786 days ago · 579 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2784 days ago · 598 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2781 days ago · 535 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2780 days ago · 487 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2779 days ago · 536 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 2777 days ago · 615 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 4.4236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2837 days ago · 555 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 608 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 608 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2840 days ago · 588 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2847 days ago · 565 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2850 days ago · 539 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2850 days ago · 467 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2851 days ago · 482 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2852 days ago · 412 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2854 days ago · 545 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2855 days ago · 490 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2855 days ago · 543 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 2856 days ago · 525 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2856 days ago · 551 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2858 days ago · 478 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 2859 days ago · 562 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2859 days ago · 508 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j3sp. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC.