M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 28, 2021, 3:18 AM GMT+13 (14:18 UTC), 597 km (371 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-27 14:18:42 UTC
- Depth
- 597.3 km (371.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.858° S, 177.860° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2298 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1942 days ago · 347 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1941 days ago · 584 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.4253 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1940 days ago · 399 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1937 days ago · 530 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1935 days ago · 400 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1934 days ago · 587 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1931 days ago · 552 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1929 days ago · 542 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1928 days ago · 505 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1927 days ago · 595 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4281 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1922 days ago · 494 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1922 days ago · 517 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1921 days ago · 529 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1919 days ago · 446 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1915 days ago · 566 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1912 days ago · 570 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1911 days ago · 446 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5283 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1908 days ago · 458 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1906 days ago · 612 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1906 days ago · 439 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1906 days ago · 570 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1903 days ago · 491 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1898 days ago · 535 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1897 days ago · 566 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1897 days ago · 550 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3268 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1896 days ago · 539 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1896 days ago · 564 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 1952 days ago · 404 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1952 days ago · 549 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1953 days ago · 515 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1953 days ago · 533 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1954 days ago · 553 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2231 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1960 days ago · 514 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1961 days ago · 585 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1961 days ago · 561 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2247 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1964 days ago · 341 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3285 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1973 days ago · 496 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1975 days ago · 566 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1976 days ago · 484 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2290 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1979 days ago · 534 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1981 days ago · 518 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ef5d. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.