M1.8 earthquake 16 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Jan 12, 1987, 4:48 AM HST

UTC

1987-01-12 14:48:02 UTC

Depth

6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.321° N, 155.127° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

99°

Stations used

29

• Fern Forest, HawaiiPopulation 1,150. Forecast16 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast34 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast360 kmSE

After

1. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 12, 12:55 PM HST · 14505 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
2. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 12, 10:26 PM HST · 14505 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
3. 2.33 km E of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 13, 3:06 PM HST · 14504 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.920 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 13, 8:23 PM HST · 14504 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
5. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 1:20 AM HST · 14504 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
6. 1.68 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 2:12 PM HST · 14503 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
7. 2.013 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 4:23 PM HST · 14503 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
8. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 9:19 PM HST · 14503 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 5:22 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
10. 3.05 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 9:40 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
11. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 7:29 PM HST · 14502 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 7:53 PM HST · 14502 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
13. 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 5:38 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
14. 1.724 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 11:41 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
15. 2.13 km N of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 8:31 PM HST · 14501 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
16. 1.64 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 10:23 PM HST · 14501 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
17. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 11:29 PM HST · 14501 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
18. 1.83 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 12:35 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
19. 1.614 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 12:41 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
20. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 2:30 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
21. 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 4:03 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
22. 2.02 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 5:19 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
23. 1.618 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 5:29 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
24. 1.914 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 6:14 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
25. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 8:41 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
26. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 9:41 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
27. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 3:17 PM HST · 14500 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
28. 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 5:55 PM HST · 14500 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
29. 1.93 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 9:39 PM HST · 14500 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
30. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 12:10 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
31. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 2:23 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
32. 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 3:42 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
33. 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 7:09 AM HST · 14499 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
34. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 8:06 AM HST · 14499 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
35. 1.716 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 10:09 AM HST · 14499 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
36. 1.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 10:33 AM HST · 14499 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
37. 1.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 3:12 PM HST · 14499 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
38. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 5:42 PM HST · 14499 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
39. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 8:28 PM HST · 14499 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
40. 1.77 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 11:58 PM HST · 14499 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
41. 1.613 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 19, 1:21 AM HST · 14499 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 19, 9:11 AM HST · 14498 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
43. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 20, 5:14 AM HST · 14498 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
44. 2.017 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 20, 5:32 AM HST · 14498 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
45. 1.916 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 1:32 AM HST · 14497 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
46. 1.812 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 3:49 PM HST · 14496 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
47. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 4:31 PM HST · 14496 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
48. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 4:36 AM HST · 14496 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
49. 2.424 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 8:00 AM HST · 14495 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
50. 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 11:50 AM HST · 14494 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
51. 2.31 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 2:34 AM HST · 14494 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
52. 2.025 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 6:36 PM HST · 14493 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
53. 1.925 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 7:04 PM HST · 14493 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.224 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 7:33 PM HST · 14493 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
55. 2.118 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 9:29 PM HST · 14493 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
56. 2.310 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 2:13 AM HST · 14493 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
57. 1.911 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 3:56 AM HST · 14493 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
58. 1.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 5:53 AM HST · 14493 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.315 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 11:03 AM HST · 14492 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
60. 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 1:11 PM HST · 14492 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.110 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Jan 11, 12:04 AM HST · 14507 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
2. 2.12 km NE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 10, 3:16 PM HST · 14507 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
3. 2.26 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 9, 6:13 PM HST · 14508 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
4. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 8, 2:16 PM HST · 14509 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
5. 2.546 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jan 8, 5:50 AM HST · 14510 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
6. 2.53 km ESE of Captain Cook, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 10:37 PM HST · 14510 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
7. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 4:10 PM HST · 14510 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
8. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 2:37 PM HST · 14510 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.449 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 1:59 PM HST · 14510 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
10. 2.05 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 12:06 PM HST · 14510 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
11. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 11:42 AM HST · 14510 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
12. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 10:25 AM HST · 14510 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
13. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 8:06 AM HST · 14510 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
14. 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 6:39 AM HST · 14511 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
15. 4.310 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 6:23 AM HST · 14511 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
16. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 5:30 AM HST · 14511 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
17. 1.96 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 6, 11:49 PM HST · 14511 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
18. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 6, 4:19 PM HST · 14511 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
19. 1.716 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 6, 8:12 AM HST · 14511 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.22 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 5, 4:15 PM HST · 14512 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv230921. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.