Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Feb 27, 2017, 2:40 AM GMT+13 (13:40 UTC), 505 km (314 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-02-26 13:40:29 UTC
Depth
505.0 km (313.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.254° S, 177.432° 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, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5Fiji region · 3499 days ago · 611 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3496 days ago · 490 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 3494 days ago · 440 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 4.3273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3490 days ago · 557 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.5Fiji region · 3480 days ago · 567 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.3285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 389 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.4Fiji region · 3475 days ago · 620 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 3467 days ago · 568 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.3Fiji region · 3464 days ago · 406 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 4.9277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3463 days ago · 407 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.3265 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3462 days ago · 364 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.3Fiji region · 3458 days ago · 580 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.3282 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 505 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.4283 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 297 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.4Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 572 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 4.4Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 372 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 4.8Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 609 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.2Fiji region · 3453 days ago · 579 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 4.2Fiji region · 3451 days ago · 526 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 4.5233 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3449 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3444 days ago · 529 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3508 days ago · 426 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.5298 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 3510 days ago · 589 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.1273 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3525 days ago · 526 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.3286 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3526 days ago · 573 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 3528 days ago · 602 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 3530 days ago · 553 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100087b6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.