M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jul 27, 2022, 10:13 AM GMT+13 (21:13 UTC), 364 km (226 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 280 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga. 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
- 2022-07-26 21:13:12 UTC
- Depth
- 364.3 km (226.3 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.085° S, 176.884° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3272 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1520 days ago · 314 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1515 days ago · 589 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1503 days ago · 618 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6281 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1495 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7287 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1495 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.0280 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 1494 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3250 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i8cg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.