M2.5 earthquake 18 km S of Fern Forest, HI

Magnitude

2.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Jan 5, 1968, 10:47 AM GMT-10

UTC

1968-01-05 20:47:26 UTC

Depth

9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.300° N, 155.141° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

272°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

11

• Fern Forest, HawaiiPopulation 1,150. Forecast18 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast361 kmSE

After

1. 2.723 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 6, 6:28 AM GMT-10 · 21444 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
2. 2.510 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 6, 6:25 PM GMT-10 · 21443 days ago · 51 km deep · 27 km away
3. 2.831 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 6, 11:10 PM GMT-10 · 21443 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
4. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 7, 2:24 PM GMT-10 · 21443 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
5. 2.524 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jan 7, 6:59 PM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
6. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Jan 7, 7:19 PM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.917 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 7, 7:46 PM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 7, 7:57 PM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.018 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 7, 9:16 PM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
10. 2.819 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 8, 6:59 AM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.316 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 8, 11:39 AM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
12. 2.619 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 8, 11:43 AM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
13. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 8, 1:36 PM GMT-10 · 21442 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
14. 2.322 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 8, 7:01 PM GMT-10 · 21441 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
15. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 8, 9:33 PM GMT-10 · 21441 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
16. 2.515 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 9, 5:55 PM GMT-10 · 21440 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
17. 3.115 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 9, 6:16 PM GMT-10 · 21440 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
18. 3.317 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 9, 8:24 PM GMT-10 · 21440 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 5:33 AM GMT-10 · 21440 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
20. 3.734 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 10:29 AM GMT-10 · 21440 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
21. 2.632 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 5:40 PM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
22. 2.735 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 5:40 PM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
23. 3.717 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 6:24 PM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
24. 2.411 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 6:32 PM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
25. 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 10, 6:40 PM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
26. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 11, 4:08 AM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
27. 3.27 km SSW of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jan 11, 6:12 AM GMT-10 · 21439 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
28. 3.117 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 13, 10:37 AM GMT-10 · 21437 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
29. 3.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 7:10 AM GMT-10 · 21435 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
30. 3.115 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 10:45 PM GMT-10 · 21434 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
31. 2.25 km ESE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 16, 3:41 PM GMT-10 · 21433 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
32. 3.312 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 16, 7:03 PM GMT-10 · 21433 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
33. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 19, 6:43 PM GMT-10 · 21430 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
34. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 1:48 AM GMT-10 · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
35. 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 10:42 AM GMT-10 · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
36. 1.921 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 11:18 AM GMT-10 · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
37. 2.413 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 1:14 PM GMT-10 · 21430 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
38. 2.313 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 1:15 PM GMT-10 · 21430 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
39. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 4:26 PM GMT-10 · 21429 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
40. 2.515 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 21, 4:12 AM GMT-10 · 21429 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
41. 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 21, 12:33 PM GMT-10 · 21429 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
42. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 10:55 AM GMT-10 · 21428 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
43. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 11:55 PM GMT-10 · 21427 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
44. 2.920 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 23, 7:07 PM GMT-10 · 21426 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
45. 1.917 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 23, 11:31 PM GMT-10 · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
46. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 8:57 AM GMT-10 · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
47. 3.917 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 2:48 PM GMT-10 · 21425 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
48. 2.318 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 2:53 PM GMT-10 · 21425 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
49. 2.417 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 2:53 PM GMT-10 · 21425 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
50. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 2:57 PM GMT-10 · 21425 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
51. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 4:59 PM GMT-10 · 21425 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
52. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 25, 6:34 AM GMT-10 · 21425 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
53. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 25, 7:14 PM GMT-10 · 21424 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
54. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 27, 6:58 PM GMT-10 · 21422 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
55. 2.522 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 5:40 PM GMT-10 · 21421 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
56. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 29, 8:47 AM GMT-10 · 21421 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
57. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 30, 9:11 PM GMT-10 · 21419 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
58. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 5:28 AM GMT-10 · 21419 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
59. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 5:06 PM GMT-10 · 21418 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
60. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 1, 5:51 AM GMT-10 · 21418 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

1. 2.420 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 5, 2:58 AM GMT-10 · 21445 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
2. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 4, 1:33 PM GMT-10 · 21446 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
3. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 2, 9:13 PM GMT-10 · 21447 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.618 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 2, 4:32 PM GMT-10 · 21447 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
5. 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 1, 10:28 PM GMT-10 · 21448 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 1, 9:50 AM GMT-10 · 21449 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.514 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Jan 1, 1:02 AM GMT-10 · 21449 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
8. 2.67 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 30, 10:08 PM GMT-10 · 21450 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
9. 3.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 29, 3:59 AM GMT-10 · 21452 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 28, 3:26 AM GMT-10 · 21453 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
11. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 27, 10:08 AM GMT-10 · 21454 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 26, 3:28 PM GMT-10 · 21454 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
13. 2.224 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 11:28 PM GMT-10 · 21455 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.215 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 4:47 PM GMT-10 · 21455 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 4:26 PM GMT-10 · 21455 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
16. 2.59 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 24, 1:43 AM GMT-10 · 21457 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
17. 2.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 23, 1:50 PM GMT-10 · 21458 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
18. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 23, 5:14 AM GMT-10 · 21458 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
19. 2.920 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 19, 8:41 PM GMT-10 · 21461 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
20. 2.76 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 18, 8:02 PM GMT-10 · 21462 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680020. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.