Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, May 24, 2026, 4:50 AM GMT+13 (15:50 UTC), 581 km (361 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. 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
2026-05-23 15:50:15 UTC
Depth
580.9 km (360.9 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.486° S, 177.756° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
65

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 126 days ago · 584 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.6290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 126 days ago · 566 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.9282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 125 days ago · 545 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 121 days ago · 609 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.7265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 116 days ago · 568 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.3278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 115 days ago · 515 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.4297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 114 days ago · 548 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.0268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 111 days ago · 555 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.6291 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 108 days ago · 554 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 102 days ago · 570 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.2269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 98 days ago · 352 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.2290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 96 days ago · 539 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.1Fiji region · 95 days ago · 412 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.5Fiji region · 93 days ago · 580 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 91 days ago · 540 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.1288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 88 days ago · 347 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 4.2287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 86 days ago · 556 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 4.3263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 85 days ago · 548 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.1264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 82 days ago · 541 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 75 days ago · 593 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 4.0Fiji region · 75 days ago · 554 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 136 days ago · 567 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 151 days ago · 579 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.4267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 151 days ago · 478 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 155 days ago · 578 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 159 days ago · 391 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 4.1266 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 160 days ago · 533 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.3283 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 163 days ago · 636 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000szrb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC.