Hawaii earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jan 28, 1978, 4:32 PM HST (02:32 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-01-29 02:32:59 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.326° N, 155.169° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
94°
Stations used
32

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. 3.012 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17741 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.516 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.16 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.117 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.326 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17740 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.423 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17739 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.11 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.431 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 2.315 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17738 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17737 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17737 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17737 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 2.74 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.610 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 3.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.26 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.514 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.419 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 3.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.52 km SW of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.328 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.323 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · -2 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.717 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.59 km NNE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.325 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 2.427 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780171. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.