M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 2:49 AM GMT+13 (13:49 UTC), 540 km (335 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
- 2024-12-31 13:49:46 UTC
- Depth
- 539.5 km (335.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.951° S, 178.601° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 636 days ago · 546 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 623 days ago · 617 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 623 days ago · 612 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 619 days ago · 595 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 617 days ago · 615 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 607 days ago · 622 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 597 days ago · 573 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 596 days ago · 585 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 593 days ago · 638 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 591 days ago · 537 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 589 days ago · 553 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3291 km W of Houma, Tonga · 588 days ago · 509 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 585 days ago · 577 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 580 days ago · 543 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.2Fiji region · 640 days ago · 565 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.5277 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 643 days ago · 543 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 650 days ago · 488 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 656 days ago · 589 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 668 days ago · 584 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pj84. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.