Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Mar 4, 2020, 4:09 PM GMT+13 (03:09 UTC), 521 km (324 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-03-04 03:09:15 UTC
Depth
521.0 km (323.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.773° S, 177.132° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 2400 days ago · 635 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2399 days ago · 577 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2395 days ago · 562 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.4298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2392 days ago · 496 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 2391 days ago · 544 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.3296 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2366 days ago · 555 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 2352 days ago · 332 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 2347 days ago · 617 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 2347 days ago · 624 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 2342 days ago · 556 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2401 days ago · 567 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.4251 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2406 days ago · 245 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2411 days ago · 471 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 2413 days ago · 589 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 2419 days ago · 603 km deep · 53 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008cjc. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.