M2.5 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 22, 1976, 6:20 AM HST (16:20 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 12 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-11-22 16:20:55 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.380° N, 155.282° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18174 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18174 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18174 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18173 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18173 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18173 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18173 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.312 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18173 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.47 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18172 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18171 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.98 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18171 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18171 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18170 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18170 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.413 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18170 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18170 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18169 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18169 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18169 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18169 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18168 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18168 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18168 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.32 km WSW of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 18168 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18168 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18168 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18167 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.025 km N of Pāhala, HI · 18166 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.04 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HI · 18166 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 18166 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18165 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18165 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.916 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18165 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18165 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19762102. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.