M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:08 AM GMT+13 (15:08 UTC), 564 km (350 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
- 2018-12-17 15:08:53 UTC
- Depth
- 563.7 km (350.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.241° S, 177.488° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 2832 days ago · 556 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2828 days ago · 516 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2825 days ago · 590 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2823 days ago · 437 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 2815 days ago · 548 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 2810 days ago · 572 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2287 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2808 days ago · 561 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2803 days ago · 564 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 2792 days ago · 482 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 584 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2788 days ago · 330 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4267 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2787 days ago · 560 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2780 days ago · 507 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 2779 days ago · 610 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 2841 days ago · 593 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 2844 days ago · 558 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2847 days ago · 451 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5296 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 2851 days ago · 447 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 2865 days ago · 547 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3278 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 2865 days ago · 527 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ivyc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.