M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 8, 2016, 9:31 PM GMT+13 (08:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga. 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
- 2016-07-08 08:31:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 21.836° S, 178.173° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4Fiji region · 3733 days ago · 544 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6268 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3731 days ago · 467 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3715 days ago · 553 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3696 days ago · 469 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3679 days ago · 547 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3739 days ago · 566 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2259 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3743 days ago · 338 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2295 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3744 days ago · 364 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3746 days ago · 551 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3748 days ago · 544 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3755 days ago · 474 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3761 days ago · 590 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006emy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.