Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Sat, Nov 18, 1978, 12:33 PM HST (22:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1978-11-18 22:33:15 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.369° N, 155.071° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 166 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17485 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17485 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.521 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17484 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17483 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17483 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17483 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17483 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17483 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17482 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17482 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17482 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17482 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 3.012 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 3.12 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.52 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.42 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 1.82 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 3.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.112 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17481 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 4.27 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.810 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.16 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 2.510 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.015 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HI · 17479 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.05 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 2.01 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 1.814 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 2.02 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.819 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.120 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17485 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.524 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17485 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17485 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17485 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.714 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.57 km S of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.523 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.69 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17486 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.39 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17487 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17487 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 3.138 km NE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 17487 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17487 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17487 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19782005. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC.