Hawaii earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 11 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Tue, Oct 8, 1968, 6:19 AM GMT-10 (16:19 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-10-08 16:19:35 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.364° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.418 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.812 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.411 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.310 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.310 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.410 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 2.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.310 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  22. 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21167 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 3.023 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21167 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 3.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21166 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21166 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 3.425 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21166 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 3.349 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21159 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21159 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.819 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 21159 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21158 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21155 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 4.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 21151 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.723 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21151 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.216 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21150 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21150 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 2.617 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21150 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.317 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21149 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.431 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21149 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21148 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21148 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21148 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21147 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21144 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.317 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21143 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21143 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21142 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21142 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  48. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21142 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 3.24 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 21140 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21138 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 3.324 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21135 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 2.65 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21135 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.64 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21134 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.92 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21134 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21134 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 3.216 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21134 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 3.516 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21133 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21131 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21130 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21130 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.411 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 2.310 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 2.110 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.82 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.410 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.210 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.511 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.22 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19681255. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.