M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 1:43 AM GMT+12 (13:43 UTC), 399 km (248 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-27 13:43:43 UTC
- Depth
- 399.1 km (248.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.291° S, 177.461° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5272 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3295 days ago · 598 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2283 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 3284 days ago · 571 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3279 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3286 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 3269 days ago · 512 km deep · 67 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000adg3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.