M2.7 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Sep 6, 1977, 2:27 AM HST (12:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 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
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-09-06 12:27:52 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.314° N, 155.260° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.918 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17880 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.520 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.515 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.111 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.310 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17879 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17878 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.517 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17878 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17878 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.215 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17878 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.515 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17878 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.43 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 17878 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.213 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.815 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.413 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.310 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17877 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.322 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.112 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.335 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17876 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.814 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17875 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17875 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17874 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17874 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17874 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.449 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17874 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17874 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19771302. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.