Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 3:02 AM GMT+13 (14:02 UTC), 503 km (312 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
2023-12-23 14:02:42 UTC
Depth
502.8 km (312.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.132° S, 178.320° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1012 days ago · 526 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 1012 days ago · 536 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1010 days ago · 387 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1005 days ago · 535 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.4251 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 999 days ago · 509 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.6264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 997 days ago · 484 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 996 days ago · 527 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.8Fiji region · 994 days ago · 555 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.6Fiji region · 993 days ago · 521 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.4266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 988 days ago · 522 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 4.2268 km W of Houma, Tonga · 987 days ago · 362 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.3237 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 984 days ago · 395 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 980 days ago · 611 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.2Fiji region · 972 days ago · 566 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.5Fiji region · 967 days ago · 601 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.3Fiji region · 966 days ago · 542 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 965 days ago · 564 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.3261 km W of Houma, Tonga · 963 days ago · 400 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 961 days ago · 586 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 4.4Fiji region · 959 days ago · 592 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 4.2Fiji region · 955 days ago · 516 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.2271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1022 days ago · 583 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.4Fiji region · 1022 days ago · 536 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.2264 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1025 days ago · 456 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 1025 days ago · 573 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.3286 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1026 days ago · 435 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 1033 days ago · 538 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.5Fiji region · 1034 days ago · 536 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.2278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1036 days ago · 553 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.9284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1036 days ago · 533 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.3277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1038 days ago · 548 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 1040 days ago · 544 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 4.0264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1042 days ago · 457 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.1278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1043 days ago · 460 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 4.2260 km W of Houma, Tonga · 1045 days ago · 409 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ll37. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC.