M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 7:39 AM GMT-12 (19:39 UTC), 618 km (384 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
- 2017-09-29 19:39:09 UTC
- Depth
- 618.1 km (384.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.889° S, 179.533° 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 18.6 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 32
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3286 days ago · 572 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3285 days ago · 582 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3271 days ago · 568 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3266 days ago · 582 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 3264 days ago · 575 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3259 days ago · 615 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3252 days ago · 567 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3250 days ago · 585 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.7Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 594 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 554 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 557 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3290 days ago · 595 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3290 days ago · 611 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3296 days ago · 553 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3302 days ago · 640 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 3304 days ago · 540 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3313 days ago · 586 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3315 days ago · 586 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3316 days ago · 591 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b1zl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.