M2.5 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Apr 14, 1976, 1:36 AM HST

UTC

1976-04-14 11:36:20 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.314° N, 155.198° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

105°

Stations used

27

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast355 kmSE

After

1. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 14, 3:32 AM HST · 18433 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
2. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 14, 6:53 AM HST · 18433 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
3. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 14, 2:58 PM HST · 18433 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.218 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 14, 5:07 PM HST · 18433 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
5. 3.37 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Apr 14, 10:01 PM HST · 18433 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
6. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 3:29 AM HST · 18432 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
7. 2.415 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 5:43 AM HST · 18432 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
8. 2.67 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 7:33 AM HST · 18432 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.413 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 7:49 AM HST · 18432 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
10. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 9:01 AM HST · 18432 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
11. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 8:37 PM HST · 18432 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
12. 2.18 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 9:01 PM HST · 18432 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
13. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 15, 10:47 PM HST · 18431 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 16, 12:01 AM HST · 18431 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
15. 2.63 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Apr 16, 2:09 AM HST · 18431 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
16. 2.50 km NNE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Apr 16, 3:38 AM HST · 18431 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
17. 2.49 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 16, 8:41 AM HST · 18431 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Apr 17, 2:16 AM HST · 18430 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
19. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 17, 5:32 PM HST · 18430 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
20. 3.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 7:29 AM HST · 18429 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
21. 2.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 10:31 AM HST · 18429 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
22. 2.59 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 1:50 PM HST · 18429 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
23. 2.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 2:58 PM HST · 18429 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
24. 2.37 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 6:58 PM HST · 18429 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 9:59 PM HST · 18429 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
26. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 18, 11:12 PM HST · 18428 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 19, 10:57 AM HST · 18428 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
28. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 19, 11:33 AM HST · 18428 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
29. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 19, 8:29 PM HST · 18428 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
30. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 19, 10:41 PM HST · 18427 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
31. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 1:44 AM HST · 18427 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
32. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 3:11 AM HST · 18427 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
33. 3.710 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 7:11 AM HST · 18427 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
34. 2.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 9:26 AM HST · 18427 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
35. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 3:11 PM HST · 18427 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
36. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 7:25 PM HST · 18427 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
37. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 7:34 PM HST · 18427 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
38. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 21, 2:23 PM HST · 18426 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
39. 4.463 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 21, 6:13 PM HST · 18426 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
40. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 2:03 AM HST · 18425 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
41. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 4:05 AM HST · 18425 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
42. 3.612 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 5:54 AM HST · 18425 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
43. 3.518 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 8:33 AM HST · 18425 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
44. 2.227 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 11:05 AM HST · 18425 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
45. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 8:15 PM HST · 18425 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
46. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 1:45 AM HST · 18424 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
47. 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 3:36 AM HST · 18424 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
48. 4.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 12:29 PM HST · 18424 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
49. 2.816 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 6:51 PM HST · 18424 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
50. 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 24, 3:58 AM HST · 18423 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
51. 2.716 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 24, 5:54 PM HST · 18423 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
52. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 24, 8:55 PM HST · 18423 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
53. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 8:25 AM HST · 18422 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
54. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 2:49 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
55. 3.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 3:03 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
56. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 4:32 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
57. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 4:39 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
58. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 6:20 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
59. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 26, 6:37 AM HST · 18421 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
60. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 26, 8:04 AM HST · 18421 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 13, 4:52 PM HST · 18434 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
2. 2.416 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 13, 12:34 PM HST · 18434 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 13, 12:20 AM HST · 18434 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 12, 10:49 PM HST · 18434 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
5. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 12, 11:57 AM HST · 18435 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
6. 3.017 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 12, 7:26 AM HST · 18435 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
7. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 12, 5:07 AM HST · 18435 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
8. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 3:46 PM HST · 18436 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
9. 3.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 3:35 PM HST · 18436 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
10. 2.61 km WNW of Honalo, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 2:53 PM HST · 18436 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
11. 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 10:30 AM HST · 18436 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 5:48 AM HST · 18436 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
13. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 4:02 AM HST · 18436 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 11, 3:37 AM HST · 18436 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 10, 7:46 AM HST · 18437 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 10, 2:32 AM HST · 18437 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
17. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Apr 10, 1:27 AM HST · 18437 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
18. 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 9, 5:12 PM HST · 18438 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
19. 2.42 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Apr 9, 1:36 AM HST · 18438 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
20. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 9, 1:06 AM HST · 18438 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19760839. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC.