Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 2:04 PM GMT+12 (02:04 UTC), 502 km (312 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-04-15 02:04:50 UTC
Depth
501.9 km (311.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
17.010° S, 177.749° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
19

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3261 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1991 days ago · 398 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.4264 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1988 days ago · 546 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.3210 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1978 days ago · 610 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.2239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 1973 days ago · 567 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.4284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1968 days ago · 537 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1967 days ago · 614 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 5.7234 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1966 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1965 days ago · 373 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 6.5265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  10. 4.5Fiji region · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.7266 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.5263 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 1956 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1953 days ago · 562 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.4238 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 1941 days ago · 555 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 615 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.6280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1994 days ago · 536 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.4245 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2001 days ago · 573 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.2280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2003 days ago · 627 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2007 days ago · 406 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.4234 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2012 days ago · 556 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e3fz. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.