Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 7:53 PM GMT-12 (07:53 UTC), 609 km (378 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
2019-12-05 07:53:47 UTC
Depth
608.6 km (378.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.545° S, 179.215° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
31

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 619 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2474 days ago · 588 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 2472 days ago · 569 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.7Fiji region · 2471 days ago · 602 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2438 days ago · 622 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2437 days ago · 589 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2436 days ago · 594 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2433 days ago · 599 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2430 days ago · 585 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 2496 days ago · 587 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 5.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2497 days ago · 564 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2498 days ago · 563 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2499 days ago · 583 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2509 days ago · 650 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2509 days ago · 592 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 2510 days ago · 613 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 2511 days ago · 573 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2514 days ago · 598 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2516 days ago · 554 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 6.5Fiji region · 2516 days ago · 577 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 2516 days ago · 553 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006sin. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.