M2.4 earthquake 14 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Jan 8, 1978, 5:32 PM HST

UTC

1978-01-09 03:32:37 UTC

Depth

6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.331° N, 155.138° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

78°

Stations used

33

• Fern Forest, HawaiiPopulation 1,150. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast34 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast359 kmSE

After

1. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 3:11 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 5:39 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.417 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 10:30 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 4:37 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
5. 2.223 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 10:19 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
6. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 1, 4:11 AM HST · 17765 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
7. 1.78 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 4:16 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
8. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 7:05 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 10:14 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
10. 3.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 11:03 AM HST · 17764 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 1:14 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
12. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 4:21 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.513 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 5:05 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
14. 3.56 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 7:32 PM HST · 17764 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
15. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 11:27 PM HST · 17763 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 3, 11:50 AM HST · 17763 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
17. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 4, 3:12 PM HST · 17762 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.818 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 1:38 AM HST · 17761 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
19. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 1:44 AM HST · 17761 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 2:23 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
21. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 6:29 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
22. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 6:45 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
23. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 8:34 PM HST · 17761 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
24. 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 12:22 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
25. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 1:03 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
26. 2.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 1:28 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
27. 1.917 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 11:08 AM HST · 17760 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
28. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 12:41 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
29. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 3:25 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
30. 2.320 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 9:59 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
31. 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 10:06 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
32. 2.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 10:57 PM HST · 17760 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
33. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:15 AM HST · 17759 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
34. 2.013 km ESE of Waimea, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 4:29 AM HST · 17759 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
35. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 9:39 AM HST · 17759 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
36. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:06 PM HST · 17759 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
37. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:38 PM HST · 17759 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
38. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 1:52 PM HST · 17759 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
39. 2.212 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 5:17 PM HST · 17759 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
40. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 9:57 PM HST · 17759 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
41. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 10:20 PM HST · 17759 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
42. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 3:28 AM HST · 17758 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
43. 2.10 km SSW of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 5:53 AM HST · 17758 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
44. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 6:06 AM HST · 17758 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
45. 2.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 11:56 AM HST · 17758 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
46. 1.917 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 6:51 PM HST · 17758 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
47. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 9, 5:05 AM HST · 17757 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
48. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 9, 6:32 AM HST · 17757 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
49. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 9, 6:42 AM HST · 17757 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
50. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 3:47 AM HST · 17756 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
51. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 6:25 AM HST · 17756 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
52. 2.212 km SW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 7:25 AM HST · 17756 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
53. 1.66 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 1:04 PM HST · 17756 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
54. 2.511 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 3:17 PM HST · 17756 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
55. 2.511 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 5:54 PM HST · 17756 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
56. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 10:23 PM HST · 17756 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
57. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 11:03 PM HST · 17756 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
58. 2.19 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 11, 12:10 PM HST · 17755 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
59. 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 11, 2:22 PM HST · 17755 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
60. 3.113 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 12, 5:06 AM HST · 17754 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780046. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.