Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 24, 2020, 10:02 AM GMT+13 (21:02 UTC), 537 km (334 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-05-23 21:02:54 UTC
Depth
537.5 km (334.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.855° S, 178.930° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2316 days ago · 346 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 5.0Fiji region · 2313 days ago · 595 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2312 days ago · 540 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2309 days ago · 603 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2305 days ago · 593 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 5.0south of the Fiji Islands · 2305 days ago · 576 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2302 days ago · 548 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2270 days ago · 518 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 2269 days ago · 582 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2268 days ago · 581 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 2268 days ago · 585 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 2263 days ago · 606 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2262 days ago · 614 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 2260 days ago · 573 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 2326 days ago · 581 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 5.1Fiji region · 2327 days ago · 607 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 539 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 618 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2332 days ago · 633 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2336 days ago · 621 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 2341 days ago · 625 km deep · 61 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a1uy. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.