Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 281 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 281 km E of Levuka, Fiji on Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 9:05 PM GMT+12 (09:05 UTC), 578 km (359 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
2025-01-20 09:05:00 UTC
Depth
578.4 km (359.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.016° S, 178.028° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 620 days ago · 536 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.0211 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 618 days ago · 605 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 617 days ago · 628 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.1Fiji region · 617 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 617 days ago · 636 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.3280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 614 days ago · 540 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.6283 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 614 days ago · 525 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.4217 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 613 days ago · 549 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.1220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 613 days ago · 547 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 4.4193 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 612 days ago · 555 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 4.0209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 604 days ago · 607 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 603 days ago · 583 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.2253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 602 days ago · 529 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.4239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 599 days ago · 601 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.6239 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 599 days ago · 599 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.1278 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 597 days ago · 592 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 4.3276 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 595 days ago · 597 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 4.6288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 594 days ago · 526 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.6223 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 593 days ago · 544 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 593 days ago · 417 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 4.1230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 588 days ago · 549 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 4.2250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 585 days ago · 613 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 584 days ago · 526 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 4.5Fiji region · 584 days ago · 566 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 582 days ago · 585 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 4.2288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 581 days ago · 595 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 4.4288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 580 days ago · 565 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 4.4299 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 576 days ago · 585 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 4.3203 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 576 days ago · 575 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 4.2296 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 575 days ago · 540 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 4.4229 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 568 days ago · 567 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 4.4280 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 565 days ago · 585 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 4.4226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 564 days ago · 586 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 4.8220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 563 days ago · 548 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 4.7209 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 562 days ago · 563 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 4.2285 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 623 days ago · 574 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.2245 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 624 days ago · 645 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.3230 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 625 days ago · 558 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.5251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 628 days ago · 497 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 5.0237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 629 days ago · 608 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.1233 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 632 days ago · 598 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.4207 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 636 days ago · 547 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 4.3252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 638 days ago · 514 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 4.3246 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 642 days ago · 622 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.6247 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 642 days ago · 574 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 4.6267 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 642 days ago · 558 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.5270 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 650 days ago · 580 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pl6x. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.