M2.5 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Mar 15, 1976, 3:32 PM HST (01:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 15 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-03-16 01:32:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.319° N, 155.200° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.215 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.715 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.33 km WSW of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18435 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18434 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18434 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18434 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18434 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18434 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18434 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 18433 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18433 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2Hawaii region, Hawaii · 18433 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18432 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18432 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.31 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18432 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18431 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18431 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18431 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18431 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18431 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18430 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18430 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.317 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18429 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18429 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.918 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18429 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18429 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.021 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18429 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18428 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18428 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.42 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18428 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of Honalo, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.017 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18424 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18424 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.416 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18424 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.218 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.37 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.415 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19760708. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.