Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 15 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 15 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, May 4, 1978, 3:16 AM HST (13:16 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-05-04 13:16:26 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.451° N, 155.381° 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, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
23

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. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17646 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17646 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17646 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17646 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.322 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17646 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.118 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.627 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 3.710 km SW of Hilo, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.929 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.214 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.14 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 3.116 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17642 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.714 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17642 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17642 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17642 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17642 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.49 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 2.226 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17641 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17640 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17640 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17640 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17640 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17640 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17639 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.418 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17639 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.517 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17639 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17639 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17639 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17639 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17638 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17638 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17638 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17638 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 2.617 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17638 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.58 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17637 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17637 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17637 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17637 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17637 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17636 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780747. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.