Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 9:54 AM GMT+13 (20:54 UTC), 536 km (333 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 268 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
2022-07-12 20:54:49 UTC
Depth
536.3 km (333.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.671° S, 177.686° 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 17.3 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 1543 days ago · 607 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.4294 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 1538 days ago · 540 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 1535 days ago · 536 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 1535 days ago · 555 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.2274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1527 days ago · 483 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 1524 days ago · 648 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 5.6268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1523 days ago · 536 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 1522 days ago · 397 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.0262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1521 days ago · 593 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.3290 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1520 days ago · 560 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 1513 days ago · 589 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 1506 days ago · 558 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.2240 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1502 days ago · 580 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 1501 days ago · 618 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.3297 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1501 days ago · 523 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 4.4278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1500 days ago · 629 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.2Fiji region · 1500 days ago · 629 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 1497 days ago · 556 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.2271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1493 days ago · 575 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.7291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1491 days ago · 482 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.1Fiji region · 1488 days ago · 599 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 4.6Fiji region · 1487 days ago · 581 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.1Fiji region · 1547 days ago · 574 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1549 days ago · 569 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.2Fiji region · 1549 days ago · 505 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1550 days ago · 558 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.6277 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1551 days ago · 580 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 1551 days ago · 554 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 1552 days ago · 570 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.2287 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1555 days ago · 477 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 1559 days ago · 545 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 4.4283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1561 days ago · 576 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 4.3299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1561 days ago · 558 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 1563 days ago · 589 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 1566 days ago · 584 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.4261 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1572 days ago · 591 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 1572 days ago · 615 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 1574 days ago · 612 km deep · 21 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hs4r. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC.