M2.6 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Apr 27, 1976, 9:21 PM HST (07:21 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 18 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-04-28 07:21:24 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.395° N, 155.262° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 22
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
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.818 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.718 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18373 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.616 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.413 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.98 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.58 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18372 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.112 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.916 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.512 km E of Naalehu, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18371 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18370 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18370 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18370 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18370 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18370 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18370 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18369 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18369 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18369 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18369 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.914 km SSW of Kapaau, Hawaii · 18369 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.05 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18368 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18368 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.35 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18368 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18368 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18368 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.720 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.510 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18367 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18366 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 18366 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.413 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18366 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18366 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18366 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19760907. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.