Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 2:55 AM GMT+13 (13:55 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 294 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-01-10 13:55:33 UTC
Depth
612.5 km (380.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.764° S, 177.690° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2084 days ago · 560 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.4296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2079 days ago · 577 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.2299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2071 days ago · 493 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2069 days ago · 619 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2066 days ago · 523 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 635 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.0256 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2063 days ago · 536 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2057 days ago · 617 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.8292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2056 days ago · 581 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 2051 days ago · 531 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2049 days ago · 569 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 627 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 4.6Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 461 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.5279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2045 days ago · 610 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 5.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2039 days ago · 552 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2038 days ago · 606 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 2036 days ago · 603 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.3230 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2033 days ago · 580 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 4.4274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2032 days ago · 557 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2031 days ago · 521 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2088 days ago · 593 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2090 days ago · 355 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2097 days ago · 512 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.5293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2098 days ago · 630 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2103 days ago · 598 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2104 days ago · 633 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.3273 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2106 days ago · 552 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 2107 days ago · 408 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.2262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2115 days ago · 617 km deep · 85 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d78p. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.