M4.4 earthquake 180 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 180 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji on Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 12:17 AM GMT+13 (11:17 UTC), 555 km (345 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji. 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
- 2019-01-10 11:17:10 UTC
- Depth
- 555.1 km (344.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.063° S, 179.069° 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 12.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3238 km E of Labasa, Fiji · 2808 days ago · 572 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4151 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2794 days ago · 607 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3208 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 502 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.5211 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2791 days ago · 552 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6213 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2787 days ago · 535 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2220 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2784 days ago · 535 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.3275 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2781 days ago · 447 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1237 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2777 days ago · 575 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3227 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2776 days ago · 569 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.3257 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji · 2769 days ago · 442 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5239 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2762 days ago · 591 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.4230 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2758 days ago · 570 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.8220 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2754 days ago · 566 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.4227 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2813 days ago · 600 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2221 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 2816 days ago · 570 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3202 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2821 days ago · 548 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2823 days ago · 536 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4269 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2831 days ago · 554 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6208 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 2832 days ago · 550 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j2ha. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.