Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 2:54 AM GMT+13 (13:54 UTC), 531 km (330 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
2021-02-15 13:54:43 UTC
Depth
530.8 km (329.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.156° S, 177.565° 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, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 627 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 2047 days ago · 461 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.4294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2047 days ago · 563 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 5.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2040 days ago · 552 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2037 days ago · 530 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2031 days ago · 521 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.6292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2028 days ago · 553 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 578 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 4.1282 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2017 days ago · 452 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 2007 days ago · 577 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 2006 days ago · 568 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2002 days ago · 572 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 622 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 4.8292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 581 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 2064 days ago · 635 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 2069 days ago · 619 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.2299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2071 days ago · 493 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2078 days ago · 556 km deep · 69 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000djgg. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.