Hawaii earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 17 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Wed, Jan 24, 1968, 2:48 PM GMT-10 (00:48 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1968-01-25 00:48:45 UTC
Depth
10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.345° N, 155.025° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.01
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
215°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.318 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.417 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21424 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21422 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21421 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21421 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21419 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21419 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 3.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.88 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.812 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.425 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21415 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21414 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21414 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21414 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.91 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 2.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.513 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.513 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21412 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21412 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 3.022 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 21412 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21411 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.89 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 21411 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21411 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 3.016 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21411 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21409 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 2.72 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21409 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.510 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21408 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21408 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.719 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21407 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 3.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21407 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21405 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.416 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21405 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21405 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21404 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21404 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21404 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21404 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21402 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21401 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21400 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21400 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 3.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21400 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 2.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21399 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.916 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21399 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.34 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21399 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 2.514 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21398 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21397 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21397 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21397 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 2.217 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21397 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.917 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.920 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21427 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21428 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.515 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.312 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21433 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.25 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21433 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 3.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21434 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 3.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21435 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21437 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 3.27 km SSW of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680159. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.