M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 12:11 AM GMT-12 (12:11 UTC), 600 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 south of the Fiji Islands. 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
- 2016-09-18 12:11:23 UTC
- Depth
- 599.8 km (372.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.902° S, 179.327° 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 20.9 km horizontally, 19.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3663 days ago · 586 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3658 days ago · 631 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3657 days ago · 565 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3655 days ago · 588 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3651 days ago · 613 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3650 days ago · 577 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3650 days ago · 573 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3642 days ago · 592 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3641 days ago · 559 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3616 days ago · 581 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3608 days ago · 615 km deep · 30 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006t9g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.