Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, May 12, 2023, 12:54 AM GMT+13 (11:54 UTC), 570 km (354 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
2023-05-11 11:54:53 UTC
Depth
570.0 km (354.2 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.121° S, 177.310° 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 16.7 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1224 days ago · 525 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.5297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1218 days ago · 532 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1214 days ago · 580 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.3258 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1214 days ago · 542 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 1208 days ago · 559 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 1206 days ago · 562 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.6255 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1201 days ago · 481 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.4269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1197 days ago · 487 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 4.9Fiji region · 1191 days ago · 524 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 1184 days ago · 566 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1181 days ago · 514 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 1258 days ago · 250 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.2253 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 501 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.0Fiji region · 1261 days ago · 460 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1262 days ago · 413 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.2272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1264 days ago · 520 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.1269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1265 days ago · 347 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1267 days ago · 517 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.3295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1268 days ago · 398 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kcas. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC.