M2.6 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sun, Dec 5, 1976, 2:50 AM HST

UTC

1976-12-05 12:50:29 UTC

Depth

1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.379° N, 155.280° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

48°

Stations used

18

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast9 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast344 kmSE

After

1. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 2:57 AM HST · 18199 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
2. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 7:27 AM HST · 18199 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
3. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 8:33 AM HST · 18199 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 5:11 PM HST · 18199 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.712 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 5:53 PM HST · 18198 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.619 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 9:39 PM HST · 18198 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
7. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 12:47 AM HST · 18198 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 2:58 AM HST · 18198 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 3:50 AM HST · 18198 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 6:10 AM HST · 18198 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
11. 3.913 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 6:26 AM HST · 18198 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
12. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 2:49 PM HST · 18198 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
13. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 9:27 PM HST · 18197 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 10:21 PM HST · 18197 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
15. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 3:01 AM HST · 18197 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
16. 3.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 2:00 PM HST · 18197 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
17. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 2:35 PM HST · 18197 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
18. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 8:24 PM HST · 18196 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
19. 3.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 11:40 PM HST · 18196 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 3:31 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
21. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 5:50 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
22. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 5:52 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
23. 3.513 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 11:49 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
24. 3.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 2:15 PM HST · 18196 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
25. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 6:50 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
26. 2.715 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 7:47 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
27. 2.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 9:02 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
28. 2.414 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 10:02 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
29. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 6:25 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
30. 2.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 6:52 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
31. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 7:00 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
32. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 7:32 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
33. 2.116 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 11:29 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
34. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 1:45 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
35. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 3:07 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
36. 3.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 3:28 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
37. 2.014 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 10:09 PM HST · 18194 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
38. 3.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 8:48 AM HST · 18194 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
39. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 9:07 AM HST · 18194 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
40. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 2:16 PM HST · 18194 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
41. 2.427 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 5:50 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
42. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 11:18 AM HST · 18193 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
43. 2.411 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 12:55 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
44. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 5:51 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
45. 2.92 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 11:39 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
46. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:05 AM HST · 18192 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
47. 2.32 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 12:18 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
48. 2.54 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 2:05 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
49. 2.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 4:02 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
50. 2.73 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 6:32 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
51. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 6:41 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
52. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:36 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
53. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:57 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
54. 2.022 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 3:49 AM HST · 18191 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
55. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 5:00 AM HST · 18191 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
56. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 6:08 AM HST · 18191 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
57. 3.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 5:26 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
58. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 10:41 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
59. 2.513 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 4:06 AM HST · 18190 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
60. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 6:36 AM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 6:05 AM HST · 18200 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
2. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 3:50 AM HST · 18200 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
3. 2.87 km NNE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 3:41 AM HST · 18200 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
4. 2.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 12:50 AM HST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
5. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 10:32 PM HST · 18200 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 9:38 PM HST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 8:02 PM HST · 18200 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
8. 2.621 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 8:59 AM HST · 18201 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.321 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 1:18 AM HST · 18201 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
10. 2.515 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 10:51 PM HST · 18201 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
11. 3.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 4:13 PM HST · 18202 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
12. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 2:48 PM HST · 18202 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
13. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 12:15 AM HST · 18202 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 11:00 AM HST · 18203 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
15. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 10:57 AM HST · 18203 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
16. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 6:22 AM HST · 18203 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
17. 3.59 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 4:44 AM HST · 18203 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 2:57 AM HST · 18203 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
19. 2.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 12:20 AM HST · 18203 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
20. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 7:37 PM HST · 18203 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19762180. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.