M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 2:21 PM GMT-12 (02:21 UTC), 595 km (369 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-23 02:21:32 UTC
- Depth
- 594.5 km (369.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.970° S, 179.467° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2714 days ago · 580 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2714 days ago · 591 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 2709 days ago · 577 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 2690 days ago · 592 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2688 days ago · 579 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2672 days ago · 593 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 2661 days ago · 623 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2660 days ago · 595 km deep · 41 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003fsq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:26 AM UTC.