M2.4 earthquake 13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Aug 18, 1976, 3:41 PM HST (01:41 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 11 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-08-19 01:41:07 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.321° N, 155.215° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.311 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18285 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18285 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18285 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18284 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.46 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 18284 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18284 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18284 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18284 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18283 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18283 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 18283 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18283 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18282 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.915 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18282 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.516 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18282 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.958 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18281 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18281 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18281 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18281 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18281 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18281 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.513 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.713 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.013 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18280 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.116 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 18279 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.314 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18279 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18279 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.821 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 18278 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18278 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.56 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18278 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.413 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 18278 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18278 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18278 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.713 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18277 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18277 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.612 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18277 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18277 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.513 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.418 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.013 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18276 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.916 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18275 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18275 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18275 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.612 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18274 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.91 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 18274 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18274 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.647 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 18274 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19761630. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.