M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 8:02 PM GMT+13 (07:02 UTC), 449 km (279 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-16 07:02:10 UTC
- Depth
- 448.9 km (278.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.726° S, 178.438° 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 11.4 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Fiji region · 1495 days ago · 559 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1488 days ago · 462 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0292 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1480 days ago · 377 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2271 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 1479 days ago · 391 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1477 days ago · 433 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1472 days ago · 564 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1469 days ago · 609 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 573 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.4Fiji region · 1449 days ago · 574 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ib8s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.