M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Feb 7, 2018, 1:01 AM GMT+12 (13:01 UTC), 431 km (268 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 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
- 2018-02-06 13:01:14 UTC
- Depth
- 430.6 km (267.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.269° S, 177.171° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 3130 days ago · 386 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 3127 days ago · 579 km deep · 96 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayFiji earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d39c. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.