Hawaii earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jun 27, 1978, 10:31 PM HST (08:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-06-28 08:31:05 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.410° N, 155.416° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
31°
Stations used
38

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 198.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19781067. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.