Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jun 18, 2008, 2:25 PM GMT-12 (02:25 UTC), 593 km (369 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Fiji region. 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
2008-06-19 02:25:36 UTC
Depth
593.3 km (368.7 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.833° S, 179.439° 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 usp000ga1p. 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
122°
Stations used
19

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 6672 days ago · 600 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.0Fiji region · 6665 days ago · 621 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.8south of the Fiji Islands · 6663 days ago · 559 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 6662 days ago · 589 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6661 days ago · 577 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.0Fiji region · 6657 days ago · 621 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6650 days ago · 579 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6649 days ago · 584 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6648 days ago · 583 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.7Fiji region · 6646 days ago · 604 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 5.1Fiji region · 6641 days ago · 606 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 6639 days ago · 568 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 4.4Fiji region · 6639 days ago · 603 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6637 days ago · 591 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 6634 days ago · 569 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.6Fiji region · 6625 days ago · 594 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 6686 days ago · 590 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.8Fiji region · 6689 days ago · 628 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6700 days ago · 578 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 5.3south of the Fiji Islands · 6708 days ago · 615 km deep · 41 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ga1p. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC.