M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Sep 9, 2015, 6:40 AM GMT+13 (17:40 UTC), 613 km (381 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 Fiji region. 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
- 2015-09-08 17:40:18 UTC
- Depth
- 613.3 km (381.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.159° S, 179.003° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 44
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 4040 days ago · 601 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4034 days ago · 519 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4033 days ago · 514 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4028 days ago · 581 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4027 days ago · 588 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 4010 days ago · 606 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 576 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4008 days ago · 473 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 4007 days ago · 557 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 4006 days ago · 556 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 4002 days ago · 622 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3986 days ago · 600 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lf4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC.