Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 8:08 AM GMT+13 (19:08 UTC), 602 km (374 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-12-04 19:08:30 UTC
Depth
602.1 km (374.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.402° S, 178.866° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2489 days ago · 535 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2473 days ago · 554 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2472 days ago · 569 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 2471 days ago · 602 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2454 days ago · 550 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2450 days ago · 541 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2446 days ago · 582 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.4271 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2443 days ago · 560 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2442 days ago · 531 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 2441 days ago · 554 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 2439 days ago · 549 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2438 days ago · 622 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2433 days ago · 599 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2430 days ago · 585 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2497 days ago · 561 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 2501 days ago · 580 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2507 days ago · 587 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2510 days ago · 650 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 2510 days ago · 592 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 2517 days ago · 592 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2517 days ago · 553 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 2518 days ago · 518 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006m1x. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.