M2.4 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jun 30, 1978, 10:48 PM HST (08:48 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km ESE of Leilani Estates, 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
- 1978-07-01 08:48:37 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.322° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 31
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.05 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17593 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.126 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17593 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17593 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17593 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17593 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.115 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.612 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17592 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17591 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17591 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17591 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.212 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17591 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.214 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17591 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.312 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17591 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.027 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17590 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17590 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.312 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17590 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17589 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17589 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.95 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17589 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.722 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17589 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.316 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17589 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17588 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17588 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17588 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17588 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.313 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.614 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17587 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17586 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17586 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17586 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17586 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17585 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17585 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.321 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.213 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.713 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 17584 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17583 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17583 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17583 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of 198.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19781093. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC.