M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 4:00 PM GMT+12 (04:00 UTC), 468 km (291 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 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
- 2019-06-06 04:00:38 UTC
- Depth
- 468.2 km (291.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.843° S, 179.159° 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 13.3 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 2670 days ago · 616 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2666 days ago · 559 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 2660 days ago · 623 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2656 days ago · 571 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2656 days ago · 634 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2653 days ago · 528 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2649 days ago · 555 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.2Fiji region · 2620 days ago · 607 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2617 days ago · 553 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003w7c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.