M2.1 earthquake 17 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Mon, Jan 30, 1978, 6:08 PM HST

UTC

1978-01-31 04:08:58 UTC

Depth

6.4 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.341° N, 155.037° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

169°

Stations used

30

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

After

1. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 3:11 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
2. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 5:39 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
3. 2.417 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 10:30 AM HST · 17778 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 4:37 PM HST · 17778 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
5. 2.223 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 10:19 PM HST · 17777 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
6. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 1, 4:11 AM HST · 17777 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
7. 1.78 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 4:16 AM HST · 17776 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
8. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 7:05 AM HST · 17776 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 10:14 AM HST · 17776 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
10. 3.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 11:03 AM HST · 17776 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
11. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 1:14 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
12. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 4:21 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.513 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 5:05 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
14. 3.56 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 7:32 PM HST · 17776 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
15. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 2, 11:27 PM HST · 17775 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
16. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 3, 11:50 AM HST · 17775 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
17. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 4, 3:12 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.818 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 1:38 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
19. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 1:44 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
20. 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 2:23 PM HST · 17773 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
21. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 6:29 PM HST · 17773 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
22. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 6:45 PM HST · 17773 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
23. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 5, 8:34 PM HST · 17772 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
24. 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 12:22 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
25. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 1:03 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
26. 2.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 1:28 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
27. 1.917 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 11:08 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
28. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 12:41 PM HST · 17772 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
29. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 3:25 PM HST · 17772 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
30. 2.320 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 9:59 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
31. 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 10:06 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
32. 2.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 6, 10:57 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
33. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:15 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
34. 2.013 km ESE of Waimea, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 4:29 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
35. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 9:39 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:06 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
37. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 12:38 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
38. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 1:52 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
39. 2.212 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 5:17 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
40. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 9:57 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
41. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 7, 10:20 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
42. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 3:28 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
43. 2.10 km SSW of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 5:53 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
44. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 6:06 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
45. 2.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 11:56 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
46. 1.917 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 8, 6:51 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
47. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 9, 5:05 AM HST · 17769 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
48. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 9, 6:32 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
49. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 9, 6:42 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
50. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 3:47 AM HST · 17768 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
51. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 6:25 AM HST · 17768 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
52. 2.212 km SW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 7:25 AM HST · 17768 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
53. 1.66 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 1:04 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
54. 2.511 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 3:17 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
55. 2.511 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 5:54 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
56. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 10:23 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
57. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 10, 11:03 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
58. 2.19 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 11, 12:10 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
59. 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 11, 2:22 PM HST · 17767 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
60. 3.113 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 12, 5:06 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

1. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 2:11 PM HST · 17779 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 12:41 PM HST · 17779 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
3. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 9:18 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 5:04 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.322 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 4:51 AM HST · 17779 days ago · -3 km deep · 68 km away
6. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 1:08 AM HST · 17779 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
7. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 8:18 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 6:35 AM HST · 17780 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.111 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:30 PM HST · 17780 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
10. 2.410 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:12 PM HST · 17780 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
11. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:52 PM HST · 17780 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 6:34 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
13. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 4:32 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.410 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:04 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
15. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 3:27 AM HST · 17781 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
16. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 11:18 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
17. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 9:30 PM HST · 17781 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
18. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 4:29 PM HST · 17782 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
19. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 10:05 AM HST · 17782 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
20. 2.57 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 7:38 PM HST · 17783 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780185. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.