M2.5 earthquake 8 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Jul 15, 1976, 4:37 AM HST

UTC

1976-07-15 14:37:30 UTC

Depth

0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.370° N, 155.240° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

76°

Stations used

20

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast8 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast348 kmSE

After

1. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 5:47 AM HST · 18340 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
2. 3.212 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 8:54 AM HST · 18340 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
3. 3.27 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 16, 1:11 AM HST · 18340 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
4. 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 16, 4:47 AM HST · 18339 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
5. 2.814 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 16, 7:04 AM HST · 18339 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
6. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 16, 11:28 AM HST · 18339 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.67 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 16, 9:56 PM HST · 18339 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
8. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 17, 12:26 AM HST · 18339 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 17, 3:44 AM HST · 18338 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
10. 2.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 18, 1:17 AM HST · 18338 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 18, 2:50 AM HST · 18337 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 18, 3:49 PM HST · 18337 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 18, 7:47 PM HST · 18337 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
14. 2.46 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 18, 8:44 PM HST · 18337 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
15. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 18, 11:31 PM HST · 18337 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
16. 3.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jul 19, 12:51 AM HST · 18337 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
17. 2.57 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 19, 9:29 AM HST · 18336 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
18. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 19, 1:58 PM HST · 18336 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
19. 2.510 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 19, 6:58 PM HST · 18336 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
20. 2.46 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 19, 8:19 PM HST · 18336 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
21. 2.510 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 20, 12:23 AM HST · 18336 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
22. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 21, 2:37 AM HST · 18335 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
23. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 21, 6:10 AM HST · 18334 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
24. 3.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 22, 2:40 AM HST · 18333 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
25. 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 22, 5:53 PM HST · 18333 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
26. 3.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 22, 9:49 PM HST · 18333 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
27. 2.46 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 22, 11:14 PM HST · 18333 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
28. 2.817 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 23, 1:32 AM HST · 18333 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
29. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 23, 7:02 AM HST · 18332 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
30. 2.79 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Jul 23, 9:04 AM HST · 18332 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
31. 2.96 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 23, 10:17 AM HST · 18332 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
32. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 23, 3:04 PM HST · 18332 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
33. 3.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 23, 7:38 PM HST · 18332 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
34. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 24, 12:03 AM HST · 18332 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
35. 3.311 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 24, 1:22 AM HST · 18332 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
36. 2.910 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 24, 8:53 PM HST · 18331 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
37. 3.56 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 24, 11:46 PM HST · 18331 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
38. 2.412 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 25, 1:14 AM HST · 18331 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
39. 2.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 25, 10:52 PM HST · 18330 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
40. 2.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 26, 4:18 AM HST · 18329 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
41. 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 26, 3:33 PM HST · 18329 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
42. 4.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 27, 7:14 AM HST · 18328 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
43. 3.96 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 27, 8:37 PM HST · 18328 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
44. 3.112 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 27, 10:14 PM HST · 18328 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
45. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 27, 11:39 PM HST · 18328 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
46. 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 28, 3:58 AM HST · 18327 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
47. 3.718 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 28, 4:03 PM HST · 18327 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
48. 2.513 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 28, 6:39 PM HST · 18327 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
49. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 28, 11:34 PM HST · 18327 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
50. 2.56 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 1:35 AM HST · 18327 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
51. 2.96 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 2:57 AM HST · 18326 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
52. 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 3:41 AM HST · 18326 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
53. 2.88 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 8:56 AM HST · 18326 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
54. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 10:43 AM HST · 18326 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
55. 2.712 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 2:29 PM HST · 18326 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
56. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 7:53 PM HST · 18326 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
57. 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 29, 10:46 PM HST · 18326 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
58. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 30, 2:06 AM HST · 18326 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
59. 3.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 30, 5:09 AM HST · 18325 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
60. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 30, 8:02 AM HST · 18325 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 3:13 AM HST · 18340 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.58 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 2:48 AM HST · 18340 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.67 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 2:21 AM HST · 18341 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
4. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 2:18 AM HST · 18341 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.24 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 2:07 AM HST · 18341 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
6. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jul 15, 12:16 AM HST · 18341 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 11:11 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
8. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 10:41 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.19 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 10:21 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
10. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 9:19 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 8:37 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
12. 2.56 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 8:35 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
13. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 6:31 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 5:49 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.49 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 5:44 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
16. 2.18 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 5:42 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.58 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 5:35 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
18. 2.78 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 5:05 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.59 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 4:57 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
20. 2.18 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 14, 4:55 PM HST · 18341 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19761502. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC.