Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 17, 2015, 1:04 AM GMT+13 (12:04 UTC), 576 km (358 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 250 km E of Levuka, Fiji. 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
2015-01-16 12:04:29 UTC
Depth
576.2 km (358.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
18.255° S, 177.846° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.9 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5278 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4277 days ago · 576 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 4277 days ago · 388 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.2250 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4274 days ago · 533 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.2235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4271 days ago · 634 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.2260 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4268 days ago · 637 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.2Fiji region · 4266 days ago · 590 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.3288 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4266 days ago · 634 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.3Fiji region · 4265 days ago · 633 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 4264 days ago · 562 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 4262 days ago · 610 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.6256 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4251 days ago · 587 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.2244 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4250 days ago · 633 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.8248 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4243 days ago · 576 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 5.1250 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4242 days ago · 594 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.5220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4239 days ago · 574 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 4.7274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4237 days ago · 521 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 4.1295 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 4236 days ago · 468 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.4258 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4231 days ago · 626 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 4.7Fiji region · 4222 days ago · 579 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4220 days ago · 618 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 4.5223 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4220 days ago · 573 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 4219 days ago · 622 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 4280 days ago · 624 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.3235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4281 days ago · 588 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.4265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4282 days ago · 605 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 4283 days ago · 574 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.5222 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4287 days ago · 600 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.4253 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4291 days ago · 571 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 4294 days ago · 635 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.4295 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4297 days ago · 595 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.1219 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4297 days ago · 597 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.7235 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4297 days ago · 595 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.5294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4301 days ago · 534 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.4231 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4302 days ago · 545 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 4.2Fiji region · 4303 days ago · 602 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.3230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 4303 days ago · 581 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.8279 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4304 days ago · 589 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.0292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4305 days ago · 582 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 4.4243 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 4306 days ago · 599 km deep · 62 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tj5p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.