M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 5:46 PM GMT+13 (04:46 UTC), 400 km (249 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 south of the Fiji Islands. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-15 04:46:13 UTC
- Depth
- 400.3 km (248.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.865° S, 178.038° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5south of the Fiji Islands · 2953 days ago · 330 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.1288 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2919 days ago · 372 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1244 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2917 days ago · 421 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2912 days ago · 523 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000geke. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.