M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 4:10 PM GMT+12 (04:10 UTC), 402 km (250 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 271 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2019-04-20 04:10:56 UTC
- Depth
- 401.9 km (249.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.084° S, 177.243° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 12.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0271 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2712 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9272 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 2712 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2670 days ago · 607 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003e32. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.