Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 14 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jun 3, 1978, 5:40 PM HST (03:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1978-06-04 03:40:45 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.337° N, 155.157° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
78°
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 165 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.116 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17652 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17652 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17652 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.714 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17652 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17652 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17652 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17651 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17651 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17651 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17651 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17651 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.49 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.226 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17650 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.418 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.517 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17649 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17648 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17648 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17648 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17648 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.617 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17647 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.58 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17647 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17647 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17647 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17647 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17647 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17646 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.57 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 3.316 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 17645 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 1.64 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.58 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17645 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 2.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 3.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.918 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 3.823 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17644 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 2.35 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 3.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 3.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 2.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17643 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 2.14 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17653 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17653 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.214 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17653 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.710 km SW of Hilo, Hawaii · 17654 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17654 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17654 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17654 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.627 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17654 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.118 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.322 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17655 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780923. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.