M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 10:54 AM GMT+13 (21:54 UTC), 492 km (306 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 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
- 2017-10-30 21:54:46 UTC
- Depth
- 492.4 km (305.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.426° S, 178.644° 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 15.0 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 37
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
- 4.4Fiji region · 3254 days ago · 592 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 594 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 554 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 557 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 576 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5263 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3240 days ago · 348 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3227 days ago · 531 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 511 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3209 days ago · 609 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.8Fiji region · 3259 days ago · 615 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2269 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3262 days ago · 378 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3271 days ago · 520 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3273 days ago · 552 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0285 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3280 days ago · 410 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 582 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 572 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 574 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ays0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.