M3.2 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Nov 30, 1976, 6:18 PM HST (04:18 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5 km SSW 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
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-12-01 04:18:45 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.309° N, 155.184° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 31
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
- 2.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18160 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18159 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18159 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18159 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18159 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18159 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18159 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18158 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18158 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.411 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18158 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18158 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18158 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Waimea, Hawaii · 18158 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18157 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.68 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.817 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.933 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18156 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.612 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18155 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18154 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18154 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18154 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18153 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18153 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18153 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18152 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.611 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 18151 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18151 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19762158. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC.