M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Jan 14, 2017, 1:58 AM GMT-12 (13:58 UTC), 583 km (362 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
- 2017-01-14 13:58:57 UTC
- Depth
- 583.1 km (362.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.776° S, 179.120° 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 13.6 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 3545 days ago · 619 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3538 days ago · 541 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 585 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 581 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3514 days ago · 521 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3510 days ago · 527 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3507 days ago · 397 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3507 days ago · 584 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3502 days ago · 523 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3501 days ago · 532 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3499 days ago · 634 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 605 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3490 days ago · 584 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.9Fiji region · 3553 days ago · 583 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3556 days ago · 549 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 606 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 563 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3569 days ago · 628 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3571 days ago · 385 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3572 days ago · 601 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007w7l. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.