Fiji earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 9:56 PM GMT+13 (08:56 UTC), 460 km (286 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-07-29 08:56:04 UTC
Depth
460.2 km (286.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.582° S, 177.746° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2Fiji region · 2984 days ago · 657 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.2Fiji region · 2979 days ago · 606 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.5267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2975 days ago · 509 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 4.3Fiji region · 2971 days ago · 599 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 2967 days ago · 558 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.4Fiji region · 2965 days ago · 590 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.2291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2964 days ago · 576 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 5.0Fiji region · 2963 days ago · 578 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.1264 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2961 days ago · 531 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.3Fiji region · 2953 days ago · 316 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.2262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2953 days ago · 508 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.2Fiji region · 2949 days ago · 603 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 4.1276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2949 days ago · 533 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.3Fiji region · 2947 days ago · 592 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 4.2Fiji region · 2942 days ago · 585 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.2Fiji region · 2941 days ago · 422 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.1297 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 2938 days ago · 554 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 4.2256 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2937 days ago · 524 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.1Fiji region · 2936 days ago · 430 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.5Fiji region · 2935 days ago · 368 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 4.4259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2926 days ago · 472 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 4.3274 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2925 days ago · 514 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 4.3Fiji region · 2985 days ago · 548 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.1259 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2988 days ago · 512 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 2989 days ago · 431 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.2266 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2990 days ago · 545 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.4Fiji region · 2990 days ago · 585 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 4.2298 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3005 days ago · 563 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.3Fiji region · 3008 days ago · 403 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.3291 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 3014 days ago · 515 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g201. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC.