M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 3:26 AM GMT+13 (14:26 UTC), 589 km (366 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-15 14:26:07 UTC
- Depth
- 588.6 km (365.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.528° S, 178.992° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 654 days ago · 613 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 641 days ago · 540 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 636 days ago · 546 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 623 days ago · 617 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 623 days ago · 612 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 617 days ago · 615 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 608 days ago · 622 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 600 days ago · 602 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 597 days ago · 573 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ph7i. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC.