M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 3:49 PM GMT-12 (03:49 UTC), 595 km (370 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-25 03:49:49 UTC
- Depth
- 594.8 km (369.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.989° S, 179.452° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3316 days ago · 591 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 586 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3313 days ago · 586 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 3304 days ago · 540 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 553 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3290 days ago · 611 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3290 days ago · 595 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3288 days ago · 618 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 572 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3285 days ago · 582 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3271 days ago · 568 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3266 days ago · 582 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 3264 days ago · 575 km deep · 34 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000abk1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.