Hawaii earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Apr 26, 1976, 9:44 PM HST (07:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 13 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1976-04-27 07:44:41 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.384° N, 155.280° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.62
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 133 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.614 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18421 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18420 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.5Hawaii region, Hawaii · 18420 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18420 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 3.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18420 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 3.24 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18419 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18419 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18419 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.13 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18419 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.03 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18419 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.410 km ENE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.415 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.24 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 1.98 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.410 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 1.64 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.516 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18418 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  33. 2.36 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18417 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 3.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18417 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 2.31 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18417 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18417 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18417 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18416 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 3.19 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 18416 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18416 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18416 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18416 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 2.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18416 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18415 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18414 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.50 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18414 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.616 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18414 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18413 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.412 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 18413 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 3.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18413 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 2.812 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18413 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 3.013 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18413 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18413 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.714 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18412 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.112 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18412 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18411 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18411 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  58. 2.916 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18411 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18410 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 3.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18410 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.415 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18422 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 3.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18423 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18424 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18424 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.716 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18424 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18425 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18426 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.227 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.518 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.612 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18427 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19760902. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.