M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 27, 2007, 4:31 PM GMT+13 (03:31 UTC), 580 km (360 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2007-07-27 03:31:17 UTC
- Depth
- 579.7 km (360.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.965° S, 178.168° 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 usp000fh6a. 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
- 121°
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3265 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6999 days ago · 462 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6998 days ago · 301 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6988 days ago · 545 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.7294 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 554 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2292 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6979 days ago · 499 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6977 days ago · 608 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1275 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6976 days ago · 302 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6972 days ago · 328 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6967 days ago · 588 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.1291 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6966 days ago · 509 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.6290 km SE of Levuka, Fiji · 6965 days ago · 650 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6964 days ago · 532 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 6964 days ago · 540 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6959 days ago · 547 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4288 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6957 days ago · 500 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6955 days ago · 452 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6954 days ago · 355 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6947 days ago · 535 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 6947 days ago · 494 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 5.7Fiji region · 7007 days ago · 567 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7011 days ago · 417 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2288 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7015 days ago · 510 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7019 days ago · 547 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 7023 days ago · 565 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7023 days ago · 565 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7024 days ago · 500 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7026 days ago · 562 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7029 days ago · 506 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 7032 days ago · 574 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 7033 days ago · 499 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1269 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7034 days ago · 474 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7035 days ago · 571 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fh6a. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.