Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 4:07 AM GMT+13 (15:07 UTC), 627 km (390 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
2021-02-19 15:07:19 UTC
Depth
627.3 km (389.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.631° S, 177.227° 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 17.1 km horizontally, 12.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

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. 5.6294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2040 days ago · 552 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2036 days ago · 603 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2031 days ago · 521 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 578 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.1282 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2017 days ago · 452 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.5290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2012 days ago · 576 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.4294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2009 days ago · 628 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.3289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2009 days ago · 614 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 2007 days ago · 534 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 2007 days ago · 577 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 2006 days ago · 568 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 2002 days ago · 572 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2001 days ago · 559 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 2000 days ago · 622 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1999 days ago · 553 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 4.3295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1994 days ago · 587 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 4.4299 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1993 days ago · 601 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 1992 days ago · 606 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 2051 days ago · 531 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.8292 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2057 days ago · 581 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2058 days ago · 617 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2063 days ago · 635 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2069 days ago · 619 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 4.2299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2071 days ago · 493 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.5299 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2076 days ago · 556 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dkrl. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.