Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 1:13 PM GMT+13 (00:13 UTC), 510 km (317 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
2023-03-04 00:13:39 UTC
Depth
509.6 km (316.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.495° S, 177.706° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
16

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 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1304 days ago · 515 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 1304 days ago · 573 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 1304 days ago · 589 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.1282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 522 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 1303 days ago · 412 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 1300 days ago · 606 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 1298 days ago · 593 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.2288 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1295 days ago · 504 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1292 days ago · 611 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 1291 days ago · 545 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 1290 days ago · 553 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 1287 days ago · 523 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 1284 days ago · 550 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 4.0267 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1282 days ago · 563 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 1279 days ago · 535 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.2270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1278 days ago · 488 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.3295 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1268 days ago · 398 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 4.4286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1266 days ago · 517 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.2272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1263 days ago · 520 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 1263 days ago · 597 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 4.2296 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1261 days ago · 413 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 4.0Fiji region · 1261 days ago · 460 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 1309 days ago · 611 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 1310 days ago · 565 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 1312 days ago · 567 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 1314 days ago · 456 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.4298 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1315 days ago · 527 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 1319 days ago · 460 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1319 days ago · 596 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.4250 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1321 days ago · 345 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 1322 days ago · 556 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.2284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1322 days ago · 389 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.6258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1325 days ago · 583 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.4260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1326 days ago · 498 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 1330 days ago · 614 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000jit2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.