M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jun 4, 2016, 2:41 PM GMT-12 (02:41 UTC), 300 km (187 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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
- 2016-06-05 02:41:24 UTC
- Depth
- 300.4 km (186.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.658° S, 176.862° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4298 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3761 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3749 days ago · 413 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3292 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 3730 days ago · 363 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3728 days ago · 533 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3720 days ago · 430 km deep · 76 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000624l. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.