Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 9:33 AM GMT-12 (21:33 UTC), 587 km (365 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 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
2016-01-09 21:33:26 UTC
Depth
587.2 km (364.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.814° S, 179.338° 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 12.3 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
55

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 3916 days ago · 637 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3910 days ago · 584 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3906 days ago · 588 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3903 days ago · 575 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 3895 days ago · 569 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3895 days ago · 585 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3883 days ago · 597 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.7Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 612 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 5.8Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 583 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 5.2Fiji region · 3877 days ago · 582 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.8south of the Fiji Islands · 3865 days ago · 572 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 5.3Fiji region · 3864 days ago · 608 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.8Fiji region · 3860 days ago · 617 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3860 days ago · 560 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Fiji region · 3921 days ago · 611 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3924 days ago · 593 km deep · 39 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004eiz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC.