Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 24, 2025, 9:32 AM GMT+13 (20:32 UTC), 598 km (372 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
2025-05-23 20:32:30 UTC
Depth
598.3 km (371.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.741° S, 178.684° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
104

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. 4.0292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 497 days ago · 515 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.0272 km W of Houma, Tonga · 494 days ago · 425 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 484 days ago · 580 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.3274 km W of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.0284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 497 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.3275 km W of Houma, Tonga · 482 days ago · 433 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 480 days ago · 603 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 480 days ago · 549 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.3289 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 478 days ago · 529 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.9Fiji region · 472 days ago · 618 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.5Fiji region · 467 days ago · 583 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 465 days ago · 589 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.7Fiji region · 464 days ago · 625 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 464 days ago · 607 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 464 days ago · 622 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 454 days ago · 583 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 4.4Fiji region · 452 days ago · 550 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 448 days ago · 595 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.8Fiji region · 443 days ago · 562 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 4.3Fiji region · 443 days ago · 599 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.7Fiji region · 443 days ago · 639 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 501 days ago · 622 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 4.5279 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 501 days ago · 537 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.4259 km W of Houma, Tonga · 506 days ago · 478 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 507 days ago · 498 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 511 days ago · 619 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.5279 km W of Houma, Tonga · 512 days ago · 499 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.6Fiji region · 512 days ago · 623 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.5292 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 513 days ago · 496 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.5Fiji region · 514 days ago · 577 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.2299 km W of Houma, Tonga · 516 days ago · 480 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 519 days ago · 585 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.1Fiji region · 521 days ago · 607 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 521 days ago · 559 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 522 days ago · 600 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000q16w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC.