Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, Mar 17, 2018, 6:17 AM GMT+13 (17:17 UTC), 530 km (329 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-03-16 17:17:46 UTC
Depth
529.6 km (329.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
21.083° S, 178.326° 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 12.4 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 3118 days ago · 566 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.6Fiji region · 3111 days ago · 523 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3106 days ago · 614 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.6Fiji region · 3105 days ago · 456 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3104 days ago · 573 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 3102 days ago · 549 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.7Fiji region · 3093 days ago · 618 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.5261 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3092 days ago · 503 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 3090 days ago · 546 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 3089 days ago · 518 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 4.1266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3083 days ago · 402 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 4.4Fiji region · 3082 days ago · 578 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.3Fiji region · 3081 days ago · 580 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.0270 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3080 days ago · 441 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 4.1Fiji region · 3072 days ago · 556 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.0295 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3069 days ago · 464 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.7Fiji region · 3065 days ago · 575 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.7Fiji region · 3062 days ago · 524 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.5Fiji region · 3061 days ago · 526 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 5.7Fiji region · 3127 days ago · 540 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 3131 days ago · 566 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.4Fiji region · 3131 days ago · 609 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.4Fiji region · 3131 days ago · 531 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.2Fiji region · 3133 days ago · 525 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 3139 days ago · 593 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 3142 days ago · 466 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.4293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3148 days ago · 453 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.1Fiji region · 3149 days ago · 546 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d7xv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC.