M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Dec 17, 2017, 11:11 PM GMT+13 (10:11 UTC), 609 km (378 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 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
- 2017-12-17 10:11:16 UTC
- Depth
- 608.6 km (378.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 20.685° S, 178.781° 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, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 46
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 598 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3188 days ago · 564 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 3178 days ago · 595 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3172 days ago · 589 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3169 days ago · 550 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3167 days ago · 512 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3160 days ago · 553 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3159 days ago · 573 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.3Fiji region · 3157 days ago · 560 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.6Fiji region · 3155 days ago · 604 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.5Fiji region · 3153 days ago · 631 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3150 days ago · 561 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3219 days ago · 447 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 573 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 549 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bv20. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.