M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Nov 29, 2017, 9:44 AM GMT+13 (20:44 UTC), 525 km (326 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2017-11-28 20:44:18 UTC
- Depth
- 524.6 km (326.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.947° S, 177.704° 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 16.8 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 3227 days ago · 487 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3215 days ago · 573 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 517 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3205 days ago · 556 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 546 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3186 days ago · 445 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5263 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3184 days ago · 620 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3177 days ago · 471 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3173 days ago · 482 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7294 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3168 days ago · 568 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.7291 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 3230 days ago · 354 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 592 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.5283 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3242 days ago · 597 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3243 days ago · 644 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3243 days ago · 629 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3244 days ago · 585 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3245 days ago · 590 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3246 days ago · 628 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3251 days ago · 483 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bmqv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:27 AM UTC.