Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 11 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 11 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Wed, Oct 25, 1978, 8:53 PM HST (06:53 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 10 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-10-26 06:53:37 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.366° N, 155.098° 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, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17469 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.015 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17469 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HI · 17468 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.05 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.01 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.814 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.02 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17468 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.819 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17467 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.110 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17466 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17466 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17466 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17466 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17466 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 3.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 3.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.56 km ESE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 17465 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17464 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 3.20 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 17464 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 3.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17464 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17464 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 3.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.79 km WNW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.312 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17463 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 3.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 3.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.12 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 1.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17462 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17461 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 2.215 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17461 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.52 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17461 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17461 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17461 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19781853. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.