M2.2 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jun 13, 1978, 4:40 AM HST (14:40 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 8 km N of P?hala, 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
- 1978-06-13 14:40:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.387° N, 155.408° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 34
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
- 2.48 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17610 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.114 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17610 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17610 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.39 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 17610 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.23 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17609 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17609 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17608 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17608 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17608 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.625 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.316 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · -3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.917 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.510 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.513 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.32 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780980. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.