M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 9:34 AM GMT-12 (21:34 UTC), 606 km (376 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. 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
- 2017-01-02 21:34:51 UTC
- Depth
- 605.8 km (376.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.423° S, 179.601° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9Fiji region · 3553 days ago · 583 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3547 days ago · 583 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3545 days ago · 619 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3539 days ago · 541 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 585 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 581 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3511 days ago · 527 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 532 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3499 days ago · 634 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007uaz. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.