M2.4 earthquake 17 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Jan 4, 1978, 9:12 AM HST

UTC

1978-01-04 19:12:18 UTC

Depth

5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.336° N, 155.043° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.02

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

158°

Stations used

28

• Fern Forest, HawaiiPopulation 1,150. Forecast17 kmSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast29 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast366 kmSE

After

1. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 1:24 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
2. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 1:54 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
3. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 10:08 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
4. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 10:17 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 6:30 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 6:30 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.57 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 7:38 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
8. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 10:05 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
9. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 4:29 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
10. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 9:30 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 11:18 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
12. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 3:27 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
13. 2.410 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:04 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
14. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 4:32 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
15. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 6:34 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
16. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:52 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
17. 2.410 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:12 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
18. 2.111 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:30 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 6:35 AM HST · 17768 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 8:18 AM HST · 17768 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
21. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 1:08 AM HST · 17767 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
22. 2.322 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 4:51 AM HST · 17767 days ago · -3 km deep · 68 km away
23. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 5:04 AM HST · 17767 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 9:18 AM HST · 17767 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
25. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 12:41 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
26. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 2:11 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
27. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 6:08 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
28. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 3:11 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
29. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 5:39 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
30. 2.417 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 10:30 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
31. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 4:37 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
32. 2.223 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 10:19 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
33. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 1, 4:11 AM HST · 17765 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
34. 1.78 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 4:16 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
35. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 7:05 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
36. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 10:14 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
37. 3.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 11:03 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
38. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 1:14 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
39. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 4:21 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
40. 2.513 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 5:05 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
41. 3.56 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 7:32 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
42. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 11:27 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
43. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 3, 11:50 AM HST · 17763 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
44. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 4, 3:12 PM HST · 17762 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
45. 2.818 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 1:38 AM HST · 17761 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
46. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 1:44 AM HST · 17761 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
47. 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 2:23 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
48. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 6:29 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
49. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 6:45 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
50. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 8:34 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
51. 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 12:22 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
52. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 1:03 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
53. 2.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 1:28 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
54. 1.917 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 11:08 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
55. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 12:41 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
56. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 3:25 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
57. 2.320 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 9:59 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
58. 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 10:06 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
59. 2.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 10:57 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
60. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:15 AM HST · 17759 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away

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