M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Apr 18, 2017, 3:31 PM GMT+13 (02:31 UTC), 372 km (231 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2017-04-18 02:31:08 UTC
- Depth
- 371.6 km (230.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.899° S, 177.191° 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 15.4 km horizontally, 11.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 609 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3454 days ago · 579 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3452 days ago · 526 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5233 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3450 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3435 days ago · 611 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3431 days ago · 571 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3423 days ago · 586 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 600 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4280 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3411 days ago · 559 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3402 days ago · 415 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3397 days ago · 462 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3394 days ago · 552 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3455 days ago · 572 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4283 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3455 days ago · 297 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.9277 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3464 days ago · 407 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3465 days ago · 406 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3467 days ago · 568 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3475 days ago · 620 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3285 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3476 days ago · 389 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0274 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3483 days ago · 385 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008n2u. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC.