Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Feb 2, 1978, 11:27 PM HST (09:27 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-02-03 09:27:53 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.334° N, 155.196° 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
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
26

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. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17737 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.74 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17737 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.610 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17737 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.26 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.514 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.419 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17736 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 3.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.52 km SW of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 17735 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.328 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.323 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · -2 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.717 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.59 km NNE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.325 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.427 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17733 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.53 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 17732 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 2.410 km WNW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 2.622 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17731 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17730 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17730 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.626 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17730 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17730 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  42. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17730 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.225 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.417 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 2.321 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17729 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 3.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17728 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17728 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 2.13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17728 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.827 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17728 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.213 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17727 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17727 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 2.67 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17727 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17727 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17726 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 2.28 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17726 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780200. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.