Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 6:55 AM GMT+13 (17:55 UTC), 418 km (259 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-06 17:55:24 UTC
Depth
417.6 km (259.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.992° S, 177.677° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
84

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 1394 days ago · 507 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 1385 days ago · 549 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 1384 days ago · 565 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.0Fiji region · 1377 days ago · 591 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 5.5Fiji region · 1376 days ago · 515 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 1375 days ago · 616 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 540 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.2Fiji region · 1374 days ago · 614 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 574 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.6Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 623 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 1373 days ago · 572 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.8Fiji region · 1371 days ago · 582 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 1370 days ago · 557 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.4Fiji region · 1369 days ago · 496 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1366 days ago · 588 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.8Fiji region · 1366 days ago · 392 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 4.2295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1363 days ago · 498 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 4.3263 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1360 days ago · 339 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 553 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 372 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 4.0Fiji region · 1359 days ago · 541 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 1354 days ago · 558 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 4.3283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1353 days ago · 590 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 4.6Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 387 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 1348 days ago · 576 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 4.4Fiji region · 1347 days ago · 569 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 4.0297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1342 days ago · 564 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.3268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1337 days ago · 568 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1397 days ago · 430 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1405 days ago · 612 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 5.0279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1407 days ago · 543 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 1411 days ago · 551 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.7Fiji region · 1415 days ago · 324 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.7Fiji region · 1417 days ago · 568 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.3296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1424 days ago · 510 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j7eq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.