M2.2 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Mar 25, 1978, 2:00 AM HST (12:00 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 27 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-03-25 12:00:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.313° N, 155.177° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.527 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17688 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17687 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.63 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17687 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17687 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17687 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17687 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17687 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.226 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.232 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.117 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17686 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17685 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17685 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.611 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17685 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17685 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.111 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17684 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.044 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17684 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17684 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17684 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17684 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.215 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17684 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.217 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.36 km ENE of Waimea, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17683 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.29 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.312 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.225 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17682 days ago · -2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.226 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.38 km ENE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17681 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.35 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.315 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.315 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17680 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780477. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.