Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Nov 7, 2017, 9:59 PM GMT-12 (09:59 UTC), 554 km (344 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-11-08 09:59:20 UTC
Depth
553.8 km (344.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.883° S, 179.089° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
38

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 3245 days ago · 452 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.5Fiji region · 3243 days ago · 557 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3228 days ago · 531 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3227 days ago · 607 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 3226 days ago · 511 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.9south of the Fiji Islands · 3219 days ago · 571 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3211 days ago · 551 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.6Fiji region · 3197 days ago · 581 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 4.7south of the Fiji Islands · 3193 days ago · 565 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3191 days ago · 552 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 4.7Fiji region · 3189 days ago · 598 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.5Fiji region · 3189 days ago · 564 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 5.7Fiji region · 3249 days ago · 594 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 3251 days ago · 585 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3253 days ago · 567 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3255 days ago · 592 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 3258 days ago · 492 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 3260 days ago · 615 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.6south of the Fiji Islands · 3265 days ago · 575 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3267 days ago · 582 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 3272 days ago · 568 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bqdt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.