Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 6, 2020, 8:07 AM GMT-12 (20:07 UTC), 621 km (386 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-05-06 20:07:37 UTC
Depth
621.4 km (386.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.179° S, 179.222° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
61

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2332 days ago · 633 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 618 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2329 days ago · 539 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 5.1Fiji region · 2327 days ago · 607 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 2324 days ago · 601 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 2323 days ago · 574 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 2319 days ago · 537 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.5Fiji region · 2317 days ago · 539 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 5.0Fiji region · 2313 days ago · 595 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 2309 days ago · 603 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 2307 days ago · 611 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.0Fiji region · 2305 days ago · 547 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2302 days ago · 548 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 2298 days ago · 598 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 2295 days ago · 593 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 2292 days ago · 569 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 4.7Fiji region · 2283 days ago · 576 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 2281 days ago · 573 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2339 days ago · 388 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 2341 days ago · 625 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 2342 days ago · 626 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2350 days ago · 611 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.6Fiji region · 2351 days ago · 588 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 2361 days ago · 503 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2364 days ago · 582 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009bc2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC.