M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 1:55 AM GMT-12 (13:55 UTC), 585 km (363 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 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
- 2023-10-08 13:55:20 UTC
- Depth
- 584.9 km (363.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.675° S, 179.384° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 1085 days ago · 608 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 1079 days ago · 556 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1078 days ago · 580 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 1075 days ago · 544 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8Fiji region · 1066 days ago · 577 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1065 days ago · 587 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1063 days ago · 552 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1059 days ago · 506 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1053 days ago · 608 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1045 days ago · 587 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 1043 days ago · 592 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 4.3Fiji region · 1098 days ago · 538 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4south of the Fiji Islands · 1101 days ago · 580 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2south of the Fiji Islands · 1105 days ago · 585 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1115 days ago · 511 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1115 days ago · 552 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 1118 days ago · 597 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 1119 days ago · 561 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000le1f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC.