Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, May 8, 2024, 9:34 PM GMT+13 (08:34 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 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
2024-05-08 08:34:08 UTC
Depth
587.4 km (365.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.771° S, 178.469° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 4.4Fiji region · 875 days ago · 526 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.3261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 542 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 875 days ago · 486 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 875 days ago · 532 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 874 days ago · 572 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 872 days ago · 474 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 870 days ago · 481 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 5.0Fiji region · 869 days ago · 578 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 869 days ago · 480 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 867 days ago · 517 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 860 days ago · 538 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 556 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 856 days ago · 585 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.3297 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 550 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.0Fiji region · 854 days ago · 554 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.1Fiji region · 852 days ago · 529 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.3Fiji region · 850 days ago · 591 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.1Fiji region · 849 days ago · 611 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 4.6Fiji region · 846 days ago · 543 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.1249 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 844 days ago · 506 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 4.4256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 838 days ago · 489 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 4.3Fiji region · 829 days ago · 557 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 4.2Fiji region · 829 days ago · 563 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 4.0Fiji region · 823 days ago · 562 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 4.3Fiji region · 823 days ago · 539 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 4.4Fiji region · 822 days ago · 577 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 4.5Fiji region · 822 days ago · 619 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 4.1Fiji region · 820 days ago · 633 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 4.4Fiji region · 819 days ago · 547 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 4.0Fiji region · 817 days ago · 586 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 878 days ago · 592 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 893 days ago · 559 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 893 days ago · 603 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 895 days ago · 579 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 896 days ago · 600 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 5.4266 km W of Houma, Tonga · 898 days ago · 388 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.8260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 902 days ago · 492 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mys0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC.