M2.4 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Dec 17, 1976, 12:13 AM HST (10:13 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 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
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-12-17 10:13:40 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.382° N, 155.280° 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
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18136 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.326 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18136 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18135 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18135 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18135 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18135 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18135 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18135 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.415 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18134 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18133 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18133 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18133 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.316 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18132 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18132 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18132 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18132 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18132 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.112 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.712 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18131 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.37 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18130 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.310 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 18130 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18130 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.916 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 18129 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18129 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 18129 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18129 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.314 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.414 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.313 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.419 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18128 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.413 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.60 km NNW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 18127 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19762254. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.