M3.0 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Oct 31, 1977, 2:21 AM HST (12:21 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 20 km W 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
- 3.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-10-31 12:21:46 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.318° N, 155.159° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 34
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
- 2.118 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17838 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.411 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.420 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.314 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17837 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.517 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17836 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.316 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.518 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.526 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.417 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17835 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17834 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.82 km SSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 17834 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17834 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.510 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17834 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17834 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17834 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.517 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.320 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17833 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17832 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17832 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17832 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17832 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17832 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17832 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.313 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17831 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17831 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17831 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17831 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.613 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17831 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.514 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17830 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17829 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.317 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17829 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.421 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17829 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.418 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17829 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17829 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17829 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17828 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17828 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19772579. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.