M2.1 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Apr 30, 1978, 8:16 PM HST

UTC

1978-05-01 06:16:17 UTC

Depth

7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.334° N, 155.193° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

82°

Stations used

31

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 12:56 AM HST · 17651 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
2. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, May 26, 9:55 AM HST · 17651 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
3. 2.719 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 26, 12:11 PM HST · 17651 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
4. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 26, 7:10 PM HST · 17650 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 26, 7:11 PM HST · 17650 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 26, 7:12 PM HST · 17650 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.717 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 9:39 PM HST · 17650 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
8. 3.02 km W of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSat, May 27, 3:41 AM HST · 17650 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
9. 2.71 km NNW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSat, May 27, 11:44 AM HST · 17650 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
10. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 28, 12:59 AM HST · 17649 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
11. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 28, 12:59 AM HST · 17649 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
12. 2.214 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 28, 1:12 AM HST · 17649 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
13. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 28, 6:48 AM HST · 17649 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.217 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 28, 10:33 AM HST · 17649 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
15. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 28, 2:40 PM HST · 17648 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
16. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 28, 6:25 PM HST · 17648 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.619 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 29, 10:32 AM HST · 17648 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
18. 2.712 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 29, 3:28 PM HST · 17647 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
19. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 29, 5:02 PM HST · 17647 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
20. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 29, 5:15 PM HST · 17647 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
21. 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 29, 5:20 PM HST · 17647 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
22. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 30, 2:28 AM HST · 17647 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
23. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 30, 12:57 PM HST · 17647 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 30, 5:08 PM HST · 17646 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 30, 5:59 PM HST · 17646 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
26. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 30, 9:58 PM HST · 17646 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
27. 2.210 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 4:14 AM HST · 17646 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
28. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 4:34 AM HST · 17646 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
29. 1.552 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:50 AM HST · 17646 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
30. 2.111 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 2:33 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
31. 3.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 2:37 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
32. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 4:12 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
33. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:12 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
34. 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:15 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
35. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:16 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.322 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 10:06 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
37. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 1:19 AM HST · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
38. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 1:54 AM HST · 17645 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
39. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 5:30 AM HST · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
40. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 6:03 AM HST · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
41. 2.719 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 6:22 AM HST · 17645 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
42. 2.517 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 6:33 AM HST · 17645 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
43. 2.118 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 12:59 PM HST · 17645 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
44. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 2:27 PM HST · 17644 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
45. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 4:11 PM HST · 17644 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
46. 2.627 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 7:04 PM HST · 17644 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
47. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 8:31 PM HST · 17644 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
48. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 1:32 AM HST · 17644 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
49. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 4:59 AM HST · 17644 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
50. 3.710 km SW of Hilo, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 3:02 PM HST · 17643 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
51. 2.214 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 8:00 PM HST · 17643 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
52. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 10:37 PM HST · 17643 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
53. 2.14 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 4:19 AM HST · 17643 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
54. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 5:40 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
55. 3.116 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 10:00 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
56. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 10:57 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
57. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 12:12 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
58. 2.714 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 12:13 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
59. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 12:35 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
60. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 12:48 PM HST · 17642 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away

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