M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 7:09 AM GMT+13 (18:09 UTC), 488 km (303 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-29 18:09:51 UTC
- Depth
- 488.0 km (303.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.068° S, 178.104° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 515 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2096 days ago · 542 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 582 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2086 days ago · 471 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 565 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 578 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 589 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 645 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2083 days ago · 558 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 554 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 521 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2070 days ago · 560 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2064 days ago · 530 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2062 days ago · 408 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2061 days ago · 332 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.0236 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2060 days ago · 369 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2058 days ago · 619 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5222 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2058 days ago · 324 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2058 days ago · 520 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 501 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2051 days ago · 480 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2046 days ago · 585 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2045 days ago · 582 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2043 days ago · 576 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.0278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2102 days ago · 471 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2104 days ago · 568 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2107 days ago · 467 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 545 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 558 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 490 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 568 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2112 days ago · 544 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 492 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3226 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2114 days ago · 571 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2118 days ago · 573 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.1289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 465 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 524 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2124 days ago · 555 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2128 days ago · 567 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d6qd. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.