M2.4 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Mar 9, 1978, 4:33 AM HST

UTC

1978-03-09 14:33:49 UTC

Depth

9.1 km (5.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.409° N, 155.412° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

69°

Stations used

30

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast19 kmWSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast49 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast331 kmSE

After

1. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 7:52 AM HST · 17740 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.217 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 11:59 AM HST · 17739 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
3. 2.417 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 4:38 PM HST · 17739 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
4. 2.321 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 5:08 PM HST · 17739 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
5. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 6:53 PM HST · 17739 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
6. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 11:16 PM HST · 17739 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
7. 3.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 5:24 AM HST · 17739 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
8. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 7:06 PM HST · 17738 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
9. 2.13 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 8:17 PM HST · 17738 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
10. 2.827 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 9:55 PM HST · 17738 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
11. 2.213 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 12:14 AM HST · 17738 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
12. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 3:04 AM HST · 17738 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.67 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 10:01 AM HST · 17738 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
14. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 3:29 PM HST · 17737 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
15. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 12:46 AM HST · 17737 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.28 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 12:00 PM HST · 17736 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 7:20 PM HST · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
18. 3.026 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 11:08 PM HST · 17736 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 8:46 AM HST · 17736 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
20. 2.025 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 9:36 AM HST · 17736 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
21. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 11:15 AM HST · 17736 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
22. 2.125 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 11:23 AM HST · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
23. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 2:56 PM HST · 17735 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
24. 2.44 km S of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 6:30 PM HST · 17735 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
25. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 7:47 PM HST · 17735 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
26. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 3:37 AM HST · 17735 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
27. 3.08 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 7:23 AM HST · 17735 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
28. 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 10:09 AM HST · 17735 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
29. 1.917 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 11:09 AM HST · 17735 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
30. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 11:29 AM HST · 17735 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
31. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 3:12 PM HST · 17734 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
32. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 6:32 PM HST · 17734 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
33. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 7:04 PM HST · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
34. 2.514 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 10:22 PM HST · 17734 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
35. 2.017 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 15, 1:55 AM HST · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.221 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 15, 2:26 AM HST · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
37. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 15, 4:30 AM HST · 17734 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
38. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 15, 4:30 AM HST · 17734 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
39. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 15, 7:27 AM HST · 17734 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
40. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Mar 15, 11:30 AM HST · 17734 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
41. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 16, 10:43 AM HST · 17733 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
42. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 16, 1:51 PM HST · 17732 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
43. 2.96 km SE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Mar 16, 2:06 PM HST · 17732 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
44. 2.324 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 16, 3:56 PM HST · 17732 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
45. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 16, 8:43 PM HST · 17732 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
46. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 16, 8:46 PM HST · 17732 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
47. 3.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 2:29 AM HST · 17732 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
48. 3.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 2:46 AM HST · 17732 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
49. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 3:06 AM HST · 17732 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
50. 2.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 1:13 PM HST · 17731 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
51. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 3:44 PM HST · 17731 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
52. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 8:37 PM HST · 17731 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
53. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 17, 9:29 PM HST · 17731 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
54. 2.413 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 3:45 AM HST · 17731 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
55. 2.118 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 1:01 PM HST · 17730 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
56. 2.120 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 2:50 PM HST · 17730 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
57. 2.533 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 4:22 PM HST · 17730 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
58. 2.117 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 5:11 PM HST · 17730 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
59. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 6:56 PM HST · 17730 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
60. 1.99 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSat, Mar 18, 11:08 PM HST · 17730 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 2.225 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 2:02 AM HST · 17740 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 9:15 PM HST · 17740 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
3. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 6:39 PM HST · 17740 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.626 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 4:06 PM HST · 17740 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
5. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 12:47 AM HST · 17741 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
6. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 12:41 AM HST · 17741 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
7. 2.622 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 3:46 PM HST · 17741 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
8. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 7:40 AM HST · 17742 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
9. 2.410 km WNW of Kurtistown, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 7:38 AM HST · 17742 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
10. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 6:21 AM HST · 17742 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
11. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 6:09 AM HST · 17742 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 3:12 AM HST · 17742 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.53 km S of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 10:52 PM HST · 17742 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
14. 2.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 4:07 PM HST · 17742 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
15. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 3:49 PM HST · 17742 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 3:06 PM HST · 17742 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
17. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 3:03 PM HST · 17742 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
18. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 10:21 PM HST · 17743 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
19. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 10:14 PM HST · 17743 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.427 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 7:26 PM HST · 17743 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780389. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:20 AM UTC.