M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 20, 2017, 11:47 PM GMT+13 (10:47 UTC), 529 km (329 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-20 10:47:30 UTC
- Depth
- 529.3 km (328.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.428° S, 178.200° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Fiji region · 3420 days ago · 598 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3419 days ago · 592 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1296 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3419 days ago · 572 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3417 days ago · 481 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3415 days ago · 562 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3258 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3410 days ago · 507 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4284 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3409 days ago · 494 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3407 days ago · 415 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 550 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3406 days ago · 646 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 547 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 3404 days ago · 573 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5260 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3402 days ago · 517 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3401 days ago · 613 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3398 days ago · 545 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3393 days ago · 602 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2285 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3385 days ago · 499 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4287 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3384 days ago · 547 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 612 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3381 days ago · 529 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 529 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.3286 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3377 days ago · 530 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3376 days ago · 602 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 546 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3374 days ago · 552 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3372 days ago · 591 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1295 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3371 days ago · 488 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4280 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3366 days ago · 409 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3362 days ago · 604 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.0267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3361 days ago · 545 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 543 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.3242 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3423 days ago · 480 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3427 days ago · 648 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3428 days ago · 548 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3434 days ago · 562 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3435 days ago · 605 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3442 days ago · 535 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5270 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3444 days ago · 529 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3445 days ago · 609 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008tsw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.