Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, May 30, 1978, 12:57 PM HST (22:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-05-30 22:57:39 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.314° N, 155.198° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17622 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17622 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.126 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17621 days ago · -2 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17621 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17621 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17621 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17621 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.613 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17621 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.05 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.310 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.44 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17620 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.217 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.43 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17619 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 3.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17618 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17618 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17618 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17618 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17617 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17617 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.013 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17617 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17617 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 2.017 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 3.57 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 3.215 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17616 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 2.02 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.117 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 3.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 1.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.018 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 4.418 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17615 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17614 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17614 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.113 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17614 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780890. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.