Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 5, 2008, 9:02 PM GMT+13 (08:02 UTC), 577 km (359 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
2008-08-05 08:02:40 UTC
Depth
577.1 km (358.6 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.102° S, 178.300° 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 usp000gdvw. 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
134°
Stations used
59

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 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 6631 days ago · 521 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 6628 days ago · 544 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.3254 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6623 days ago · 479 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.2258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6621 days ago · 490 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.7289 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6617 days ago · 377 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.1Fiji region · 6607 days ago · 605 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 6599 days ago · 468 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.0280 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6597 days ago · 550 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 6596 days ago · 627 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 4.7286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6595 days ago · 382 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6594 days ago · 553 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.5284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6594 days ago · 476 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6593 days ago · 474 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6591 days ago · 391 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 3.9279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6588 days ago · 467 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 6588 days ago · 546 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.5Fiji region · 6586 days ago · 556 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 3.9266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6585 days ago · 479 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 4.4Fiji region · 6583 days ago · 505 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 4.2Fiji region · 6580 days ago · 549 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 4.4Fiji region · 6575 days ago · 537 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 6636 days ago · 600 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.7Fiji region · 6641 days ago · 424 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.2296 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6642 days ago · 569 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.7260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6643 days ago · 473 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.6Fiji region · 6643 days ago · 596 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.8Fiji region · 6646 days ago · 618 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 6651 days ago · 576 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.2276 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 6651 days ago · 537 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 6653 days ago · 575 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.2Fiji region · 6654 days ago · 541 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.3Fiji region · 6658 days ago · 580 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.6Fiji region · 6660 days ago · 564 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.5Fiji region · 6663 days ago · 586 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 4.1Fiji region · 6663 days ago · 561 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 4.3Fiji region · 6663 days ago · 393 km deep · 56 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gdvw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC.