Hawaii earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 17 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 16, 1964, 1:30 PM GMT-10 (23:30 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-11-16 23:30:56 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.318° N, 155.087° W
Region
Hawaii
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 3.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
332°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.325 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22600 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22600 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22599 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.512 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22596 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.410 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.112 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 22593 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22593 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.210 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22591 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.414 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22588 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.411 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22586 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.85 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.713 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 1.95 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.021 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 3.74 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.824 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.419 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.27 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.510 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.715 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22582 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.20 km E of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.419 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.86 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.026 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22580 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 2.518 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22579 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22579 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 4.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 3.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 2.55 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.516 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.54 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22605 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.010 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22606 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.812 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22606 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 3.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.423 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22608 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.430 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22608 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.317 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22610 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22612 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.812 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22613 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.39 km S of Volcano, HI · 22613 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22613 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22613 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.816 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22613 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22613 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.67 km SSW of Waimea, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.48 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 3.016 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640513. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.