Hawaii earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 18 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 18 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Wed, Oct 19, 1966, 12:49 PM GMT-10 (22:49 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 12 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1966-10-19 22:49:47 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.299° N, 155.135° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.312 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 21887 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21884 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.17 km WNW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 21884 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21879 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.99 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21878 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.85 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21878 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21876 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21876 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.69 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21876 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 3.016 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21876 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21875 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.621 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21874 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21872 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 3.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21871 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.82 km WSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21870 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.725 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21870 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.717 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21870 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.518 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21868 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21868 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.818 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21866 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.619 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21866 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21864 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.513 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21863 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21863 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.64 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21862 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21861 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.612 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21861 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 3.214 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21859 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 3.77 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21859 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21858 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.610 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21858 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.733 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21858 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.821 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21857 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.513 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21857 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.816 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21856 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 2.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21853 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 3.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21852 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21851 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 3.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21849 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21849 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 3.521 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 21849 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21846 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.97 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 2.512 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21843 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 3.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21843 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 3.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21840 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21839 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21839 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21837 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 2.827 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21837 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.921 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21836 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21836 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 3.112 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21834 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 3.74 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21834 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21832 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.47 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21831 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 3.24 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21890 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21891 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.913 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21891 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21891 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21891 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21892 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.711 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21892 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.618 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21893 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21893 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 3.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21893 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21895 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21895 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21895 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.720 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21896 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21898 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.915 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21900 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21902 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21903 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 3.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21904 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21905 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19660430. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC.