Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 8, 2015, 7:23 AM GMT+13 (18:23 UTC), 574 km (357 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
2015-07-07 18:23:18 UTC
Depth
573.8 km (356.5 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.216° S, 178.620° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 16.2 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4099 days ago · 574 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.1Fiji region · 4097 days ago · 464 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.1Fiji region · 4094 days ago · 497 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.5Fiji region · 4088 days ago · 598 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 4084 days ago · 528 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 4.5Fiji region · 4078 days ago · 579 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 4075 days ago · 561 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.1Fiji region · 4073 days ago · 543 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 4068 days ago · 549 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.3281 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4066 days ago · 479 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 4.2Fiji region · 4066 days ago · 595 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.5294 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4061 days ago · 371 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 4056 days ago · 585 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 4107 days ago · 596 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.2271 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 4111 days ago · 484 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 4114 days ago · 460 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 4116 days ago · 613 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.0Fiji region · 4120 days ago · 610 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 4122 days ago · 554 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 6.0Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 563 km deep · 92 km away · tsunami flag
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 4123 days ago · 570 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 4125 days ago · 547 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 5.9Fiji region · 4128 days ago · 656 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.4Fiji region · 4131 days ago · 534 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 4132 days ago · 593 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200030fn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.