M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 1:49 PM GMT+12 (01:49 UTC), 568 km (353 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 274 km E 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-28 01:49:28 UTC
- Depth
- 567.7 km (352.8 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 18.304° S, 177.664° 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 15.2 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2252 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 764 days ago · 508 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.1297 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 763 days ago · 457 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 761 days ago · 570 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6274 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 760 days ago · 531 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 758 days ago · 610 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1293 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 755 days ago · 598 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 755 days ago · 570 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4226 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 749 days ago · 624 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3284 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 749 days ago · 618 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6Fiji region · 742 days ago · 628 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.2268 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 741 days ago · 510 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 741 days ago · 628 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.2292 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 741 days ago · 489 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.1255 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 739 days ago · 554 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.1279 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 736 days ago · 470 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 735 days ago · 630 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0266 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 735 days ago · 556 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2289 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 728 days ago · 507 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 727 days ago · 375 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 722 days ago · 611 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 718 days ago · 633 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 716 days ago · 629 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 714 days ago · 615 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 711 days ago · 568 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 708 days ago · 393 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.1279 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji · 769 days ago · 538 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1291 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 770 days ago · 620 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 771 days ago · 358 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 775 days ago · 612 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 782 days ago · 577 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5265 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 787 days ago · 520 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 791 days ago · 552 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2251 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 791 days ago · 630 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0Fiji region · 794 days ago · 565 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.0281 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 794 days ago · 562 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3262 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 794 days ago · 464 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 796 days ago · 562 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1254 km E of Levuka, Fiji · 796 days ago · 555 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
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