M4.4 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 8:32 PM GMT+13 (07:32 UTC), 577 km (358 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 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
- 2026-07-31 07:32:54 UTC
- Depth
- 576.8 km (358.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 19.329° S, 177.489° 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, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Fiji region · 61 days ago · 574 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.5280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 46 days ago · 408 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 45 days ago · 506 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4278 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 40 days ago · 541 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 30 days ago · 616 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 30 days ago · 609 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 17 days ago · 583 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 13 days ago · 579 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 12 days ago · 412 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 11 days ago · 584 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.5291 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 72 days ago · 500 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 74 days ago · 593 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 81 days ago · 541 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 84 days ago · 548 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2287 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 85 days ago · 556 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1288 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 87 days ago · 347 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 90 days ago · 540 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 94 days ago · 412 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000th63. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC.