M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 9:37 PM GMT+13 (08:37 UTC), 592 km (368 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 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
- 2017-11-02 08:37:32 UTC
- Depth
- 591.9 km (367.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.067° S, 178.713° 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 13.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- 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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5276 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3252 days ago · 409 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 613 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3248 days ago · 554 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3247 days ago · 577 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3242 days ago · 557 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3241 days ago · 576 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3236 days ago · 575 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3235 days ago · 549 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3286 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3234 days ago · 499 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 573 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3225 days ago · 511 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4278 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3218 days ago · 447 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3209 days ago · 609 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 492 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3257 days ago · 552 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 3259 days ago · 615 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3270 days ago · 520 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3273 days ago · 552 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3279 days ago · 616 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bfgt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.