M3.4 earthquake 17 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.4 (ml), minor

Local time

Sun, Jan 22, 1978, 5:41 AM HST

UTC

1978-01-22 15:41:32 UTC

Depth

8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.309° N, 155.116° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

135°

Stations used

37

• Fern Forest, HawaiiPopulation 1,150. Forecast18 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast35 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast362 kmSE

After

1. 2.311 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 1:49 PM HST · 17782 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
2. 1.81 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 3:22 PM HST · 17782 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
3. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 4:34 PM HST · 17782 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
4. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 7:20 PM HST · 17782 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
5. 3.918 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:21 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
6. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:26 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
7. 3.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:28 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:44 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
9. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 10:55 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
10. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 12:56 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.49 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 1:28 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
12. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 4:31 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 8:17 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
14. 2.815 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 10:34 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
15. 2.324 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 9:09 PM HST · 17780 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
16. 2.317 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:21 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:32 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
18. 2.715 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 4:50 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
19. 1.518 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 5:25 AM HST · 17780 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
20. 2.220 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 5:57 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
21. 2.317 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 8:49 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
22. 3.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:18 PM HST · 17780 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
23. 2.224 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 6:52 PM HST · 17780 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
24. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 3:08 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
25. 2.214 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 3:19 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
26. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:16 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
27. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:24 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
28. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:59 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
29. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 7:41 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
30. 2.511 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 4:28 PM HST · 17779 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
31. 2.113 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 6:36 PM HST · 17779 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
32. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 9:56 PM HST · 17778 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
33. 2.015 km WSW of Wainaku, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 12:01 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
34. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 1:24 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
35. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 1:54 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
36. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 10:08 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
37. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 10:17 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
38. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 6:30 PM HST · 17778 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
39. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 6:30 PM HST · 17778 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
40. 2.57 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 7:38 PM HST · 17778 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
41. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 10:05 AM HST · 17777 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
42. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 4:29 PM HST · 17777 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
43. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 9:30 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
44. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 11:18 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
45. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 3:27 AM HST · 17776 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
46. 2.410 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:04 AM HST · 17776 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
47. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 4:32 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 6:34 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
49. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:52 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
50. 2.410 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:12 PM HST · 17775 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
51. 2.111 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:30 PM HST · 17775 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
52. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 6:35 AM HST · 17775 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
53. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 8:18 AM HST · 17775 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
54. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 1:08 AM HST · 17774 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
55. 2.322 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 4:51 AM HST · 17774 days ago · -3 km deep · 62 km away
56. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 5:04 AM HST · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
57. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 9:18 AM HST · 17774 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
58. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 12:41 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
59. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 2:11 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
60. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 6:08 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

1. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 4:23 AM HST · 17782 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 2:41 AM HST · 17782 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.31 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 2:06 AM HST · 17782 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
4. 2.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 3:09 PM HST · 17783 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
5. 2.715 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 12:02 PM HST · 17783 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 5:48 AM HST · 17783 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
7. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 3:54 AM HST · 17783 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 12:26 AM HST · 17783 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
9. 2.114 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 8:32 PM HST · 17783 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 4:24 PM HST · 17784 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.44 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 9:26 AM HST · 17784 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
12. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 7:51 AM HST · 17784 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
13. 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 5:56 AM HST · 17784 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 3:40 AM HST · 17784 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
15. 2.314 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 7:56 PM HST · 17785 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
16. 2.223 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 7:38 PM HST · 17785 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
17. 3.01 km SW of Paukaa, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 3:52 PM HST · 17785 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
18. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 12:04 PM HST · 17785 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
19. 2.425 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 6:23 AM HST · 17785 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
20. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 5:49 AM HST · 17785 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780121. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC.