M2.7 earthquake 27 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, May 19, 1976, 4:00 AM HST

UTC

1976-05-19 14:00:11 UTC

Depth

6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.451° N, 155.493° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

61°

Stations used

31

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast27 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast52 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast322 kmSE

After

1. 2.615 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiWed, May 19, 11:14 AM HST · 18400 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
2. 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 2:56 PM HST · 18399 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
3. 3.916 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 19, 5:12 PM HST · 18399 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
4. 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 5:27 PM HST · 18399 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
5. 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 5:56 PM HST · 18399 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
6. 2.66 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, May 19, 6:39 PM HST · 18399 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
7. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 11:14 PM HST · 18399 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.72 km ENE of Captain Cook, HawaiiThu, May 20, 2:21 AM HST · 18399 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.19 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 4:20 AM HST · 18399 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
10. 2.77 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 5:42 AM HST · 18399 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
11. 2.022 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 6:02 AM HST · 18399 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 6:31 AM HST · 18399 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
13. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 7:08 AM HST · 18399 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
14. 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 2:18 PM HST · 18398 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
15. 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 7:09 PM HST · 18398 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
16. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 7:17 PM HST · 18398 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
17. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 8:09 PM HST · 18398 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
18. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 9:42 PM HST · 18398 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
19. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 11:13 PM HST · 18398 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
20. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 6:53 AM HST · 18398 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
21. 2.315 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 7:57 AM HST · 18398 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
22. 2.516 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 9:32 AM HST · 18398 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
23. 2.914 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, May 21, 2:39 PM HST · 18397 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
24. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 5:22 PM HST · 18397 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
25. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 7:49 PM HST · 18397 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
26. 3.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 7:53 PM HST · 18397 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
27. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 22, 2:34 AM HST · 18397 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
28. 2.211 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, May 22, 2:53 AM HST · 18397 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 22, 3:05 PM HST · 18396 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
30. 3.810 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 6:52 PM HST · 18396 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.215 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 10:18 PM HST · 18396 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
32. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 22, 10:34 PM HST · 18396 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
33. 2.516 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 4:27 AM HST · 18396 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
34. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 23, 4:49 AM HST · 18396 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
35. 2.617 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 5:57 AM HST · 18396 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
36. 2.36 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, May 23, 8:31 AM HST · 18396 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
37. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 23, 1:11 PM HST · 18395 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
38. 4.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 23, 5:31 PM HST · 18395 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
39. 2.711 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 5:34 PM HST · 18395 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
40. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 23, 6:03 PM HST · 18395 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
41. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 1:21 AM HST · 18395 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
42. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 24, 2:44 AM HST · 18395 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
43. 2.310 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 5:46 AM HST · 18395 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
44. 2.410 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 8:16 AM HST · 18395 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
45. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 11:30 AM HST · 18395 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
46. 2.110 km S of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 24, 12:34 PM HST · 18394 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
47. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 4:41 PM HST · 18394 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
48. 2.712 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 25, 5:31 AM HST · 18394 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
49. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 25, 7:31 AM HST · 18394 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
50. 2.11 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, May 25, 9:49 AM HST · 18394 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
51. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 25, 9:13 PM HST · 18393 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
52. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 25, 9:46 PM HST · 18393 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
53. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 26, 2:06 AM HST · 18393 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
54. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 26, 6:50 AM HST · 18393 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
55. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 26, 8:05 AM HST · 18393 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
56. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 26, 8:30 AM HST · 18393 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
57. 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 26, 11:38 AM HST · 18393 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
58. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 26, 1:12 PM HST · 18392 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
59. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 26, 2:13 PM HST · 18392 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
60. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 26, 4:03 PM HST · 18392 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.226 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 19, 1:32 AM HST · 18400 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.914 km NE of Honoka‘a, HawaiiTue, May 18, 11:47 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
3. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 18, 10:46 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
4. 2.516 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, May 18, 10:44 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
5. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 18, 6:24 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
6. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 3:40 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
7. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 18, 2:55 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
8. 2.713 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 2:10 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
9. 2.211 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 1:48 PM HST · 18400 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
10. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 10:44 AM HST · 18401 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
11. 1.59 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 18, 7:05 AM HST · 18401 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
12. 3.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 18, 6:16 AM HST · 18401 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
13. 2.69 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 5:20 AM HST · 18401 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
14. 2.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 1:21 AM HST · 18401 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
15. 3.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 17, 9:36 PM HST · 18401 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
16. 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 17, 8:54 PM HST · 18401 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
17. 2.15 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, May 17, 6:40 PM HST · 18401 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
18. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 5:59 PM HST · 18401 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 10:16 AM HST · 18402 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
20. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 17, 10:09 AM HST · 18402 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19761039. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.