M2.2 earthquake 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Fri, Oct 21, 1977, 4:24 PM HST (02:24 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-10-22 02:24:10 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.335° N, 155.093° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17847 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17847 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17847 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17847 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.113 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17847 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17847 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17846 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.917 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17846 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17845 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17845 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17844 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17844 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17844 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17844 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17843 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17843 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17843 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17842 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.310 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.315 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.69 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.312 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.98 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17841 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.916 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17840 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.221 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17839 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17839 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17839 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.418 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17839 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17839 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17839 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.118 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.411 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.420 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.314 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19772521. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.