M2.4 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jun 14, 1978, 10:05 PM HST (08:05 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-06-15 08:05:40 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.391° N, 155.255° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 20
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
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17607 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17606 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.625 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17605 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17604 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.316 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17603 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · -3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.510 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17602 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17601 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17600 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.513 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17599 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.32 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.33 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17598 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17597 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.24 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17597 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17597 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17596 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17596 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17596 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17596 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17596 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19780992. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC.