M1.9 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Dec 8, 1976, 5:50 AM HST

UTC

1976-12-08 15:50:32 UTC

Depth

4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.324° N, 155.204° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

88°

Stations used

24

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast14 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 5:52 AM HST · 18193 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
2. 3.513 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 11:49 AM HST · 18193 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
3. 3.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 2:15 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
4. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 6:50 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
5. 2.715 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 7:47 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
6. 2.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 9:02 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
7. 2.414 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 10:02 PM HST · 18193 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
8. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 6:25 AM HST · 18192 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
9. 2.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 6:52 AM HST · 18192 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
10. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 7:00 AM HST · 18192 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 7:32 AM HST · 18192 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.116 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 11:29 AM HST · 18192 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
13. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 1:45 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 3:07 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
15. 3.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 3:28 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
16. 2.014 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 9, 10:09 PM HST · 18192 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
17. 3.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 8:48 AM HST · 18191 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
18. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 9:07 AM HST · 18191 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
19. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 2:16 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.427 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 10, 5:50 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
21. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 11:18 AM HST · 18190 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
22. 2.411 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 12:55 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
23. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 5:51 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.92 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 11:39 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
25. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:05 AM HST · 18189 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
26. 2.32 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 12:18 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
27. 2.54 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 2:05 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
28. 2.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 4:02 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
29. 2.73 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 6:32 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
30. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 6:41 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
31. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:36 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
32. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:57 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
33. 2.022 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 3:49 AM HST · 18188 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
34. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 5:00 AM HST · 18188 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
35. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 6:08 AM HST · 18188 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
36. 3.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 5:26 PM HST · 18188 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
37. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 10:41 PM HST · 18188 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
38. 2.513 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 4:06 AM HST · 18187 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
39. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 6:36 AM HST · 18187 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
40. 2.13 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 12:02 PM HST · 18187 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
41. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 1:52 PM HST · 18187 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
42. 2.423 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 5:25 PM HST · 18187 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
43. 2.813 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 1:20 AM HST · 18186 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
44. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 4:40 AM HST · 18186 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
45. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 10:10 PM HST · 18186 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
46. 2.224 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 5:04 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
47. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 6:02 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
48. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 9:08 PM HST · 18185 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
49. 3.55 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 9:21 PM HST · 18185 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
50. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 12:13 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
51. 2.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 3:35 AM HST · 18184 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
52. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 3:39 AM HST · 18184 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
53. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 7:16 PM HST · 18184 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
54. 3.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 8:31 PM HST · 18184 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
55. 5.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 4:01 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
56. 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 5:53 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
57. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:12 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
58. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:15 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
59. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 8:14 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
60. 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 10:50 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 8, 3:31 AM HST · 18193 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
2. 3.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 11:40 PM HST · 18194 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
3. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 8:24 PM HST · 18194 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
4. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 2:35 PM HST · 18194 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
5. 3.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 2:00 PM HST · 18194 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
6. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 7, 3:01 AM HST · 18194 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 10:21 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
8. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 9:27 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
9. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 2:49 PM HST · 18195 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
10. 3.913 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 6:26 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 6:10 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 3:50 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
13. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 2:58 AM HST · 18195 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 6, 12:47 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
15. 2.619 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 9:39 PM HST · 18196 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
16. 2.712 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 5:53 PM HST · 18196 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
17. 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 5:11 PM HST · 18196 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
18. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 8:33 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 7:27 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
20. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 5, 2:57 AM HST · 18196 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19762201. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.