Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 8:54 AM GMT+12 (20:54 UTC), 579 km (360 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 234 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-01 20:54:54 UTC
Depth
579.4 km (360.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.096° S, 177.791° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 11.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2222 days ago · 588 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2221 days ago · 593 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.4245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2218 days ago · 565 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 5.6284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2213 days ago · 560 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.3261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2211 days ago · 528 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.3223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2210 days ago · 574 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.5284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2210 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.3287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2207 days ago · 607 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 4.0299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2201 days ago · 590 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.4240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2197 days ago · 584 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2196 days ago · 390 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.1251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2195 days ago · 573 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2195 days ago · 506 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.1211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2194 days ago · 633 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.6Fiji region · 2191 days ago · 616 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.2286 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2189 days ago · 528 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 5.9234 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2188 days ago · 633 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.6221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2188 days ago · 646 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 4.7288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2187 days ago · 601 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 4.0232 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 635 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 4.2245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 629 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.2260 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 566 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 4.3237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2186 days ago · 634 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 4.2224 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2185 days ago · 595 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 4.3287 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2183 days ago · 599 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 4.3286 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 634 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 4.0289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2182 days ago · 594 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 4.1253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2180 days ago · 523 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 4.4290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2179 days ago · 567 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2173 days ago · 556 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 4.7241 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2171 days ago · 591 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 4.2Fiji region · 2167 days ago · 624 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 4.3267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2167 days ago · 471 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 4.3298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2167 days ago · 566 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 4.7253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2166 days ago · 524 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2165 days ago · 521 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2164 days ago · 579 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 4.3239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2228 days ago · 597 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.2244 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2229 days ago · 626 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2229 days ago · 644 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2230 days ago · 565 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2232 days ago · 587 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2232 days ago · 581 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 2233 days ago · 524 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.1279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2236 days ago · 586 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 5.1245 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2238 days ago · 584 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.3257 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2240 days ago · 506 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.1235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2245 days ago · 586 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.6282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2250 days ago · 561 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.1292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2252 days ago · 540 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bhuv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.