M2.9 earthquake 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Dec 29, 1977, 6:40 AM HST

UTC

1977-12-29 16:40:15 UTC

Depth

8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.310° N, 155.272° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

107°

Stations used

36

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast44 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast349 kmSE

After

1. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 4:34 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
2. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 7:20 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
3. 3.918 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:21 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
4. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:26 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
5. 3.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:28 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
6. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 8:44 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 10:55 PM HST · 17774 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 12:56 AM HST · 17774 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
9. 2.49 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 1:28 AM HST · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
10. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 4:31 AM HST · 17774 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
11. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 8:17 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
12. 2.815 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 10:34 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
13. 2.324 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 9:09 PM HST · 17773 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
14. 2.317 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:21 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
15. 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:32 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
16. 2.715 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 4:50 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
17. 1.518 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 5:25 AM HST · 17773 days ago · -2 km deep · 51 km away
18. 2.220 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 5:57 AM HST · 17773 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
19. 2.317 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 8:49 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
20. 3.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:18 PM HST · 17772 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
21. 2.224 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 6:52 PM HST · 17772 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
22. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 3:08 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
23. 2.214 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 3:19 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
24. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:16 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:24 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
26. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:59 AM HST · 17772 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
27. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 7:41 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
28. 2.511 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 4:28 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.113 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 6:36 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
30. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 9:56 PM HST · 17771 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
31. 2.015 km WSW of Wainaku, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 12:01 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
32. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 1:24 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
33. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 1:54 AM HST · 17771 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
34. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 10:08 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
35. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 10:17 AM HST · 17770 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 6:30 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
37. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 6:30 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
38. 2.57 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jan 26, 7:38 PM HST · 17770 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
39. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 10:05 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
40. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 4:29 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 9:30 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
42. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 27, 11:18 PM HST · 17769 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
43. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 3:27 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
44. 2.410 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:04 AM HST · 17769 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
45. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 4:32 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
46. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 6:34 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
47. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 7:52 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
48. 2.410 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:12 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
49. 2.111 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 28, 10:30 PM HST · 17768 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
50. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 6:35 AM HST · 17768 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
51. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jan 29, 8:18 AM HST · 17767 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
52. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 1:08 AM HST · 17767 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
53. 2.322 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 4:51 AM HST · 17767 days ago · -3 km deep · 47 km away
54. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 5:04 AM HST · 17767 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
55. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 9:18 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
56. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 12:41 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
57. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 2:11 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
58. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 30, 6:08 PM HST · 17766 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
59. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 3:11 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
60. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 31, 5:39 AM HST · 17766 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away

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