M2.4 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Aug 31, 1976, 8:41 PM HST

UTC

1976-09-01 06:41:08 UTC

Depth

6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.323° N, 155.193° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

95°

Stations used

28

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast14 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast355 kmSE

After

1. 2.718 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 12:29 AM HST · 18295 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
2. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 6:39 AM HST · 18295 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 5:29 PM HST · 18294 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
4. 2.915 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 8:34 PM HST · 18294 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
5. 3.516 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 10:20 AM HST · 18294 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.958 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 8:01 PM HST · 18293 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.712 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 10:16 PM HST · 18293 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
8. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 1:16 AM HST · 18293 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
9. 3.215 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 1:16 AM HST · 18293 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
10. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 7:28 AM HST · 18293 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
11. 3.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 12:06 PM HST · 18292 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
12. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 3:05 PM HST · 18292 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
13. 3.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 3:23 PM HST · 18292 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
14. 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 3:43 PM HST · 18292 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
15. 3.513 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 10:03 PM HST · 18292 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
16. 2.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 3, 11:29 PM HST · 18292 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
17. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 4, 1:21 AM HST · 18292 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
18. 2.88 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Sep 4, 10:01 AM HST · 18292 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
19. 2.713 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 4, 11:21 AM HST · 18292 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
20. 4.013 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 4, 1:10 PM HST · 18291 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
21. 3.116 km SW of Captain Cook, HawaiiSat, Sep 4, 11:33 PM HST · 18291 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
22. 3.314 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 5, 6:04 AM HST · 18291 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
23. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 5, 6:50 AM HST · 18291 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
24. 2.821 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Sep 5, 2:54 PM HST · 18290 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
25. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 4:28 AM HST · 18290 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
26. 3.56 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 5:34 AM HST · 18290 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
27. 2.413 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 5:41 AM HST · 18290 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
28. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 7:52 AM HST · 18290 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
29. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 7:58 AM HST · 18290 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
30. 2.713 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 4:42 PM HST · 18289 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
31. 3.811 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 7:18 PM HST · 18289 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
32. 2.612 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 11:24 PM HST · 18289 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
33. 2.111 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 3:12 AM HST · 18289 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
34. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 2:18 PM HST · 18288 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
35. 2.513 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 2:36 PM HST · 18288 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
36. 2.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 5:15 PM HST · 18288 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
37. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 9:24 PM HST · 18288 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
38. 3.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 9:24 PM HST · 18288 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
39. 3.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 10:01 PM HST · 18288 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
40. 3.418 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 4:01 AM HST · 18288 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
41. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 6:38 AM HST · 18288 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
42. 2.013 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 9:52 AM HST · 18288 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
43. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 10:33 AM HST · 18288 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
44. 2.916 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 8:03 AM HST · 18287 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
45. 2.916 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 10:36 AM HST · 18287 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
46. 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 10:43 AM HST · 18287 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
47. 2.612 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 8:46 PM HST · 18286 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
48. 2.91 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Sep 10, 2:13 AM HST · 18286 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
49. 2.616 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 10, 4:24 AM HST · 18286 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
50. 3.647 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Sep 10, 6:25 AM HST · 18286 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
51. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 10, 8:58 AM HST · 18286 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
52. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 10, 9:57 PM HST · 18285 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
53. 2.26 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 3:10 AM HST · 18285 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
54. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 4:29 AM HST · 18285 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
55. 3.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 5:04 AM HST · 18285 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
56. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 6:32 AM HST · 18285 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
57. 1.74 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 9:07 AM HST · 18285 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
58. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 1:40 PM HST · 18284 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
59. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 1:43 PM HST · 18284 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
60. 2.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 6:05 PM HST · 18284 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 3.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 2:00 PM HST · 18295 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 11:20 AM HST · 18296 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
3. 4.220 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 10:41 AM HST · 18296 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 2:58 AM HST · 18296 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.46 km W of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 10:04 PM HST · 18296 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
6. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 9:43 PM HST · 18296 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 10:35 AM HST · 18297 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
8. 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 6:54 AM HST · 18297 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.311 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 29, 11:07 PM HST · 18297 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
10. 2.85 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Aug 29, 8:36 PM HST · 18297 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
11. 2.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Aug 29, 3:49 PM HST · 18297 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
12. 2.515 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Aug 29, 1:31 PM HST · 18297 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
13. 3.310 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 28, 6:59 PM HST · 18298 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
14. 2.411 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Aug 28, 6:17 PM HST · 18298 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.615 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Aug 28, 7:34 AM HST · 18299 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
16. 2.811 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 27, 12:50 AM HST · 18300 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 26, 2:51 PM HST · 18300 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
18. 2.413 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 26, 7:36 AM HST · 18301 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
19. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 26, 7:10 AM HST · 18301 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
20. 3.99 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 26, 3:19 AM HST · 18301 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19761673. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.