M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 24, 2019, 5:27 AM GMT+13 (16:27 UTC), 590 km (367 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-23 16:27:03 UTC
- Depth
- 590.3 km (366.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.134° S, 177.490° 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 21.7 km horizontally, 21.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 21
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3293 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2621 days ago · 564 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2619 days ago · 601 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2613 days ago · 556 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2607 days ago · 625 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2598 days ago · 541 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4290 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2590 days ago · 361 km deep · 60 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004y21. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.