M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 4:38 PM GMT+13 (03:38 UTC), 561 km (349 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-06-28 03:38:46 UTC
- Depth
- 561.3 km (348.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.056° S, 177.675° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 15.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 1189 days ago · 437 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1180 days ago · 522 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3289 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1176 days ago · 576 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1173 days ago · 534 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.1292 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1172 days ago · 545 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1169 days ago · 592 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1159 days ago · 565 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1154 days ago · 420 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1145 days ago · 578 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5293 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 1143 days ago · 550 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1143 days ago · 596 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3262 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 1140 days ago · 376 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.4Fiji region · 1204 days ago · 572 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1208 days ago · 619 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.3258 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1214 days ago · 542 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1215 days ago · 363 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3297 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 1215 days ago · 580 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1219 days ago · 544 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1220 days ago · 631 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 1220 days ago · 618 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kqi2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.