Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 8, 2019, 7:04 AM GMT+13 (18:04 UTC), 551 km (342 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
2019-05-07 18:04:56 UTC
Depth
551.2 km (342.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.722° S, 177.700° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7Fiji region · 2701 days ago · 567 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.3285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2696 days ago · 500 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.1291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2694 days ago · 556 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2693 days ago · 571 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 2691 days ago · 584 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.2294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2690 days ago · 516 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.7290 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2690 days ago · 384 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.4262 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2689 days ago · 536 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2688 days ago · 518 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2687 days ago · 514 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 2684 days ago · 566 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2683 days ago · 504 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.6250 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2675 days ago · 460 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2672 days ago · 491 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2666 days ago · 549 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.5288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2659 days ago · 554 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 4.1Fiji region · 2659 days ago · 571 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.1264 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2656 days ago · 527 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 2655 days ago · 542 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 4.3252 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2652 days ago · 493 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 4.3Fiji region · 2648 days ago · 584 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.4299 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2704 days ago · 574 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.2299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2708 days ago · 565 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2708 days ago · 517 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2709 days ago · 534 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2712 days ago · 588 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2713 days ago · 536 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2713 days ago · 595 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.4240 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2714 days ago · 415 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2718 days ago · 548 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2718 days ago · 606 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 361 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.8Fiji region · 2719 days ago · 617 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.2265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2720 days ago · 527 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.3295 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2721 days ago · 579 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2726 days ago · 582 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2732 days ago · 471 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003m1x. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 AM UTC.