Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 6:53 AM GMT+13 (17:53 UTC), 555 km (345 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-04-16 17:53:29 UTC
Depth
554.6 km (344.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.043° S, 177.978° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
156°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1990 days ago · 582 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1987 days ago · 510 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.5Fiji region · 1985 days ago · 568 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 5.1270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1984 days ago · 495 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1981 days ago · 526 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 540 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.5266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1980 days ago · 518 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1978 days ago · 534 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1978 days ago · 568 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1975 days ago · 484 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 1974 days ago · 566 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1972 days ago · 496 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 4.2247 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1963 days ago · 341 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 1960 days ago · 585 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 4.2231 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1959 days ago · 514 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 1953 days ago · 553 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 533 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1952 days ago · 515 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 4.3Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 549 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 1951 days ago · 404 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 1950 days ago · 597 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 1944 days ago · 572 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 4.2298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1941 days ago · 347 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 4.1Fiji region · 1940 days ago · 584 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 4.4Fiji region · 1939 days ago · 581 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 4.4253 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1938 days ago · 399 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 4.3Fiji region · 1936 days ago · 530 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 4.1Fiji region · 1934 days ago · 400 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 4.2Fiji region · 1933 days ago · 587 km deep · 26 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1995 days ago · 561 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.3265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 505 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1999 days ago · 531 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 2001 days ago · 592 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 275 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 2010 days ago · 574 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2013 days ago · 398 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.1289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 537 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 2016 days ago · 549 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.2243 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2018 days ago · 388 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e3n7. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.