M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 4:09 PM GMT+13 (03:09 UTC), 604 km (375 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 269 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
- 2021-09-29 03:09:09 UTC
- Depth
- 603.8 km (375.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.947° S, 178.546° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 1814 days ago · 419 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 589 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1809 days ago · 582 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1806 days ago · 511 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1791 days ago · 576 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1786 days ago · 583 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1782 days ago · 532 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1781 days ago · 505 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1780 days ago · 539 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1779 days ago · 568 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1770 days ago · 475 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1769 days ago · 542 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 1831 days ago · 555 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1833 days ago · 611 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1835 days ago · 603 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1845 days ago · 577 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 1848 days ago · 560 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1850 days ago · 598 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1856 days ago · 584 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000frvq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.