Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 3:42 PM GMT+13 (02:42 UTC), 565 km (351 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 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
2025-04-09 02:42:27 UTC
Depth
564.8 km (350.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.066° S, 178.026° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
108°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1286 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 542 days ago · 523 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.3Fiji region · 540 days ago · 575 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 540 days ago · 551 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 539 days ago · 545 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.0246 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 550 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 536 days ago · 479 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.4272 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 535 days ago · 510 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.1281 km W of Houma, Tonga · 534 days ago · 464 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 514 days ago · 577 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 513 days ago · 496 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 4.6Fiji region · 511 days ago · 623 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.5279 km W of Houma, Tonga · 511 days ago · 499 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 511 days ago · 619 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 507 days ago · 498 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 4.5258 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 507 days ago · 513 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 478 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.1293 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 597 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 4.4271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 503 days ago · 504 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 537 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.4239 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 500 days ago · 502 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 497 days ago · 515 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 4.0272 km W of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 425 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 4.4268 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 361 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.2274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 490 days ago · 503 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 488 days ago · 401 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 4.3274 km W of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 4.1295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 554 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 4.6299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 548 days ago · 526 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 4.4273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 551 days ago · 501 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 553 days ago · 533 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.5261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 516 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 566 days ago · 534 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 566 days ago · 561 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.7273 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 572 days ago · 404 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q4v8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.