M2.6 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, Apr 24, 1976, 8:55 PM HST

UTC

1976-04-25 06:55:31 UTC

Depth

8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.343° N, 155.181° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

76°

Stations used

31

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast35 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 8:25 AM HST · 18421 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 2:49 PM HST · 18420 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
3. 3.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 3:03 PM HST · 18420 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
4. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 4:32 PM HST · 18420 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 4:39 PM HST · 18420 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 25, 6:20 PM HST · 18420 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
7. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 26, 6:37 AM HST · 18420 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
8. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 26, 8:04 AM HST · 18420 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.415 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 26, 11:42 AM HST · 18419 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
10. 3.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 26, 9:44 PM HST · 18419 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 27, 5:39 AM HST · 18419 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 27, 11:46 AM HST · 18418 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.614 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 27, 1:17 PM HST · 18418 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
14. 3.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 27, 1:40 PM HST · 18418 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 27, 9:21 PM HST · 18418 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
16. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 27, 10:03 PM HST · 18418 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 28, 2:59 AM HST · 18418 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 28, 3:22 AM HST · 18418 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
19. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 28, 1:55 PM HST · 18417 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
20. 2.5Hawaii region, HawaiiWed, Apr 28, 4:11 PM HST · 18417 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
21. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 28, 9:48 PM HST · 18417 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
22. 3.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 29, 1:30 AM HST · 18417 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
23. 3.24 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 29, 1:34 PM HST · 18416 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
24. 2.610 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 29, 2:08 PM HST · 18416 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.916 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 12:06 AM HST · 18416 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
26. 2.13 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 5:37 AM HST · 18416 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
27. 2.03 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 6:05 AM HST · 18416 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
28. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 1:58 PM HST · 18415 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
29. 2.410 km ENE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 2:03 PM HST · 18415 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
30. 2.415 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 2:36 PM HST · 18415 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
31. 2.418 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 9:43 PM HST · 18415 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
32. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 9:45 PM HST · 18415 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
33. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 30, 11:18 PM HST · 18415 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
34. 2.24 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, May 1, 12:24 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
35. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, May 1, 2:39 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
36. 1.98 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 1, 3:19 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
37. 2.410 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 1, 3:22 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
38. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 1, 3:43 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
39. 1.64 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, May 1, 3:57 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
40. 2.516 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 1, 6:13 AM HST · 18415 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
41. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 1, 8:54 AM HST · 18414 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
42. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 1, 9:21 AM HST · 18414 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
43. 2.36 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, May 1, 2:37 PM HST · 18414 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
44. 3.314 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 1, 6:52 PM HST · 18414 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
45. 2.31 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, May 1, 9:15 PM HST · 18414 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
46. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 2, 2:05 AM HST · 18414 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
47. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 2, 9:52 AM HST · 18413 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
48. 2.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, May 2, 8:39 PM HST · 18413 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
49. 3.19 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 2, 8:40 PM HST · 18413 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
50. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 3, 1:56 AM HST · 18413 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
51. 2.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 3, 1:58 AM HST · 18413 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
52. 2.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, May 3, 7:08 AM HST · 18413 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
53. 2.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 3, 11:20 AM HST · 18412 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
54. 2.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 3, 3:05 PM HST · 18412 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
55. 2.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 4, 6:16 PM HST · 18411 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
56. 2.50 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 5, 5:15 AM HST · 18411 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
57. 2.616 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 5, 10:06 AM HST · 18410 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
58. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 5, 6:32 PM HST · 18410 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.412 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, May 5, 11:17 PM HST · 18410 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
60. 3.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 5, 11:26 PM HST · 18410 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.716 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 24, 5:54 PM HST · 18421 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
2. 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 24, 3:58 AM HST · 18422 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.816 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 6:51 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
4. 4.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 12:29 PM HST · 18422 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
5. 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 3:36 AM HST · 18423 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
6. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 23, 1:45 AM HST · 18423 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
7. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 8:15 PM HST · 18423 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
8. 2.227 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 11:05 AM HST · 18423 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
9. 3.518 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 8:33 AM HST · 18424 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
10. 3.612 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 5:54 AM HST · 18424 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
11. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 4:05 AM HST · 18424 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 22, 2:03 AM HST · 18424 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
13. 4.463 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 21, 6:13 PM HST · 18424 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
14. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 21, 2:23 PM HST · 18424 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
15. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 7:34 PM HST · 18425 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
16. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 7:25 PM HST · 18425 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 3:11 PM HST · 18425 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
18. 2.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 9:26 AM HST · 18425 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
19. 3.710 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 7:11 AM HST · 18426 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 20, 3:11 AM HST · 18426 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19760892. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC.