M2.7 earthquake 12 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, Aug 4, 1979, 7:12 PM HST

UTC

1979-08-05 05:12:22 UTC

Depth

8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.384° N, 155.053° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

106°

Stations used

33

• Fern Forest, HawaiiPopulation 1,150. Forecast13 kmSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast25 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast362 kmSE

After

1. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 8:24 PM HST · 17226 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
2. 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 9:00 PM HST · 17226 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 5, 12:16 AM HST · 17226 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
4. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 5, 10:09 AM HST · 17226 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Aug 5, 4:58 PM HST · 17226 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
6. 3.610 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Aug 5, 5:03 PM HST · 17226 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
7. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 5, 7:05 PM HST · 17226 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
8. 1.78 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 5, 7:26 PM HST · 17225 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
9. 1.62 km ESE of Captain Cook, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 8:26 AM HST · 17225 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
10. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 9:13 AM HST · 17225 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.419 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 12:03 PM HST · 17225 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
12. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 9:52 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
13. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 10:11 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 11:03 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 6, 11:22 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
16. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 12:49 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
17. 2.36 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 5:43 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
18. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 7:31 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
19. 2.313 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 10:26 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
20. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 10:38 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
21. 2.46 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 10:41 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
22. 2.56 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 10:54 AM HST · 17224 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
23. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 3:15 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
24. 2.612 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 4:26 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
25. 2.321 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 5:33 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
26. 1.524 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 5:38 PM HST · 17224 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
27. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 9:30 PM HST · 17223 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
28. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 7, 11:30 PM HST · 17223 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
29. 1.715 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 8, 3:51 AM HST · 17223 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
30. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 8, 5:39 AM HST · 17223 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
31. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 8, 9:18 AM HST · 17223 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
32. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 8, 4:12 PM HST · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
33. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 8, 4:21 PM HST · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
34. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 8, 10:46 PM HST · 17222 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
35. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 6:34 AM HST · 17222 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
36. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 8:53 AM HST · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 9:02 AM HST · 17222 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
38. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 11:56 AM HST · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
39. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 3:52 PM HST · 17222 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
40. 2.312 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 3:56 PM HST · 17222 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
41. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 4:43 PM HST · 17222 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 9:57 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
43. 2.315 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 9, 11:38 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
44. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 12:18 AM HST · 17221 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
45. 1.510 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 4:37 AM HST · 17221 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
46. 2.619 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 10:30 AM HST · 17221 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
47. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 12:00 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
48. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 1:45 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
49. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 3:51 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
50. 3.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 5:57 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
51. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 6:56 PM HST · 17221 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
52. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 7:44 PM HST · 17220 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
53. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 10:36 PM HST · 17220 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
54. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 11:09 PM HST · 17220 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
55. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 10, 11:55 PM HST · 17220 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
56. 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Aug 11, 3:58 AM HST · 17220 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
57. 2.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 11, 4:31 AM HST · 17220 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
58. 2.110 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 11, 4:33 AM HST · 17220 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
59. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 11, 5:19 AM HST · 17220 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
60. 2.318 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 11, 6:22 AM HST · 17220 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 201.

Before

1. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 5:58 PM HST · 17227 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
2. 1.66 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 5:30 PM HST · 17227 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
3. 3.017 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 5:02 PM HST · 17227 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
4. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 12:37 PM HST · 17227 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
5. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 11:59 AM HST · 17227 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
6. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 5:48 AM HST · 17227 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 4, 12:21 AM HST · 17227 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
8. 3.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 11:25 PM HST · 17227 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
9. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 10:32 PM HST · 17227 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
10. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 6:18 PM HST · 17228 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
11. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 5:20 PM HST · 17228 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
12. 2.79 km SW of Captain Cook, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 11:32 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
13. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 10:14 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
14. 2.69 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 9:37 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
15. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 6:26 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
16. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 5:36 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.112 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 4:46 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
18. 3.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 3:30 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 3:04 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
20. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 3, 1:47 AM HST · 17228 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19792575. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC.