M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Feb 8, 2007, 4:48 AM GMT+12 (16:48 UTC), 416 km (258 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 2007-02-07 16:48:37 UTC
- Depth
- 415.6 km (258.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.087° S, 177.696° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000f4es. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 7158 days ago · 351 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7153 days ago · 626 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.2271 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 7148 days ago · 518 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 7120 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 7120 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.4224 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 7118 days ago · 382 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f4es. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.