M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 11:32 PM GMT+13 (10:32 UTC), 610 km (379 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 272 km WNW 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
- 2020-12-16 10:32:16 UTC
- Depth
- 610.1 km (379.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.155° S, 178.299° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 544 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2111 days ago · 568 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2109 days ago · 490 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.8272 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2108 days ago · 558 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2108 days ago · 545 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2107 days ago · 408 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4294 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2107 days ago · 467 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2104 days ago · 568 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2102 days ago · 471 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 498 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2097 days ago · 515 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2092 days ago · 564 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2089 days ago · 582 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2088 days ago · 539 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2086 days ago · 471 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3271 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2085 days ago · 536 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2085 days ago · 565 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2084 days ago · 578 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2082 days ago · 558 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2074 days ago · 526 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2072 days ago · 521 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 2071 days ago · 574 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 2070 days ago · 560 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.8289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2063 days ago · 530 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2062 days ago · 408 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 501 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 492 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2113 days ago · 584 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2117 days ago · 573 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1289 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 465 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2118 days ago · 524 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7291 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 2122 days ago · 632 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2123 days ago · 396 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2124 days ago · 555 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2128 days ago · 567 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2130 days ago · 510 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2133 days ago · 570 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2136 days ago · 546 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cs7c. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.