M3.1 earthquake 16 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.1 (ml), minor

Local time

Sat, Sep 25, 1976, 3:54 PM HST

UTC

1976-09-26 01:54:56 UTC

Depth

6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.441° N, 155.386° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

48°

Stations used

25

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast16 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast45 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast331 kmSE

After

1. 1.62 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Oct 24, 9:06 PM HST · 18229 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
2. 2.88 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 2:47 AM HST · 18229 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
3. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 5:25 AM HST · 18229 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 5:26 AM HST · 18229 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
5. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 11:21 PM HST · 18228 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
6. 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 11:23 PM HST · 18228 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
7. 2.313 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 25, 11:44 PM HST · 18228 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
8. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 6:57 AM HST · 18228 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
9. 3.410 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 7:07 AM HST · 18228 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
10. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 7:38 AM HST · 18228 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
11. 2.216 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 7:54 AM HST · 18228 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
12. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 8:39 AM HST · 18228 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
13. 2.612 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiTue, Oct 26, 5:04 PM HST · 18227 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
14. 2.917 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 4:31 AM HST · 18227 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
15. 2.013 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 5:36 AM HST · 18227 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
16. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 12:24 PM HST · 18227 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
17. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 9:51 PM HST · 18226 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.514 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 27, 11:07 PM HST · 18226 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
19. 2.628 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 12:41 AM HST · 18226 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
20. 1.713 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 5:23 AM HST · 18226 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
21. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 6:54 AM HST · 18226 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
22. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 1:55 PM HST · 18225 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
23. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 3:50 PM HST · 18225 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
24. 1.514 km WNW of Kalaoa, HawaiiThu, Oct 28, 9:15 PM HST · 18225 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
25. 2.38 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiFri, Oct 29, 3:49 AM HST · 18225 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
26. 2.010 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiFri, Oct 29, 3:55 AM HST · 18225 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
27. 2.68 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Oct 29, 7:15 PM HST · 18224 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
28. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 12:45 AM HST · 18224 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
29. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 4:27 AM HST · 18224 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
30. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 9:03 AM HST · 18224 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
31. 2.317 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 30, 3:38 PM HST · 18223 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
32. 2.412 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 3:49 AM HST · 18223 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
33. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 6:10 AM HST · 18223 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
34. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 4:49 PM HST · 18222 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
35. 2.99 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Oct 31, 9:49 PM HST · 18222 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
36. 2.515 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 1:51 AM HST · 18222 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
37. 2.612 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 4:42 AM HST · 18222 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
38. 1.54 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 7:46 AM HST · 18222 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
39. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 8:13 AM HST · 18222 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
40. 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 10:01 AM HST · 18222 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
41. 2.428 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 12:06 PM HST · 18222 days ago · -2 km deep · 14 km away
42. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 1, 4:17 PM HST · 18221 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
43. 1.91 km NW of Waikoloa, HawaiiTue, Nov 2, 2:10 PM HST · 18220 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
44. 1.85 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Nov 2, 5:56 PM HST · 18220 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
45. 3.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 2, 6:15 PM HST · 18220 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
46. 3.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 2, 7:36 PM HST · 18220 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
47. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 2, 10:30 PM HST · 18220 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
48. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 3, 3:31 AM HST · 18220 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
49. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 3, 7:40 AM HST · 18220 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
50. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 3, 7:55 AM HST · 18220 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
51. 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 3, 7:03 PM HST · 18219 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
52. 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 2:39 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
53. 2.116 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 3:13 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
54. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 3:15 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
55. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 3:58 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
56. 2.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 4:13 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
57. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 6:23 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
58. 1.915 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 10:03 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
59. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 10:24 AM HST · 18219 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
60. 3.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 4, 2:44 PM HST · 18218 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away

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