Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 10:42 AM GMT+13 (21:42 UTC), 582 km (362 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-02-21 21:42:07 UTC
Depth
582.1 km (361.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.205° S, 178.734° 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 16.1 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
27

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2043 days ago · 576 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 5.4Fiji region · 2035 days ago · 548 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2034 days ago · 588 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 2033 days ago · 567 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.6298 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2031 days ago · 476 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 2029 days ago · 598 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.8Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 586 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 2022 days ago · 555 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 4.4276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2021 days ago · 423 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 2021 days ago · 598 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.1280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2016 days ago · 487 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 6.0Fiji region · 2006 days ago · 595 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.6Fiji region · 2005 days ago · 606 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 2003 days ago · 619 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 4.6265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1996 days ago · 436 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 1995 days ago · 561 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 5.4Fiji region · 1991 days ago · 578 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.3Fiji region · 1990 days ago · 582 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2046 days ago · 585 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2058 days ago · 520 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 2058 days ago · 619 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.5274 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2061 days ago · 332 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ddn5. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.