M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 8:38 AM GMT+13 (19:38 UTC), 520 km (323 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 292 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2008-01-30 19:38:45 UTC
- Depth
- 520.1 km (323.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.974° S, 177.759° 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 usp000fxtf. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 6817 days ago · 337 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6802 days ago · 358 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1298 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6801 days ago · 637 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 6799 days ago · 478 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.9292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6798 days ago · 494 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.5Fiji region · 6797 days ago · 589 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6792 days ago · 421 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 6777 days ago · 448 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 6775 days ago · 617 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 6767 days ago · 578 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6762 days ago · 603 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6759 days ago · 440 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 6821 days ago · 400 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 6828 days ago · 572 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6833 days ago · 539 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6834 days ago · 520 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 566 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 6840 days ago · 316 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 6843 days ago · 258 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.2282 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 6843 days ago · 508 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2299 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6844 days ago · 552 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.0287 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 6847 days ago · 569 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 6849 days ago · 611 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxtf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.