M2.1 earthquake 13 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Jul 1, 1978, 9:12 PM HST

UTC

1978-07-02 07:12:54 UTC

Depth

6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.451° N, 155.363° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

77°

Stations used

24

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast14 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast42 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast332 kmSE

After

1. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 1:39 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
2. 2.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 6:12 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
3. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 8:10 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
4. 2.222 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 8:51 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
5. 2.115 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 10:20 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
6. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 10:47 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
7. 2.117 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 11:06 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
8. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 11:36 AM HST · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
9. 2.612 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 1:02 PM HST · 17592 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
10. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 4:44 PM HST · 17592 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
11. 2.512 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 11:41 PM HST · 17591 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
12. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 1:27 AM HST · 17591 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
13. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 3:24 AM HST · 17591 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
14. 2.212 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 3:38 AM HST · 17591 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.214 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 6:54 AM HST · 17591 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
16. 2.312 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 3:29 PM HST · 17591 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
17. 3.027 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 11:54 PM HST · 17590 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
18. 2.77 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 10:27 AM HST · 17590 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.312 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 5:56 PM HST · 17590 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
20. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 6:48 PM HST · 17589 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
21. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 6:51 PM HST · 17589 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
22. 1.95 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jul 27, 12:35 AM HST · 17589 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
23. 2.722 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jul 27, 10:09 AM HST · 17589 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
24. 2.316 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 27, 10:40 AM HST · 17589 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
25. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 2:30 AM HST · 17588 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
26. 2.48 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 2:32 AM HST · 17588 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
27. 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 2:51 PM HST · 17588 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
28. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 3:28 PM HST · 17588 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
29. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 6:58 PM HST · 17587 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
30. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 1:09 AM HST · 17587 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
31. 2.313 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 4:27 AM HST · 17587 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
32. 2.614 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 7:20 AM HST · 17587 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
33. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 12:10 PM HST · 17587 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
34. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 3:42 PM HST · 17587 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
35. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 4:48 PM HST · 17587 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 7:01 PM HST · 17586 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
37. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 7:53 PM HST · 17586 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
38. 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 9:55 PM HST · 17586 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
39. 2.322 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 30, 2:49 PM HST · 17586 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
40. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 31, 4:26 PM HST · 17585 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
41. 2.316 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 31, 4:31 PM HST · 17585 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
42. 2.321 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 31, 6:58 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
43. 2.213 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiMon, Jul 31, 8:01 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
44. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 31, 11:17 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
45. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 12:28 AM HST · 17584 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
46. 2.713 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 4:35 AM HST · 17584 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
47. 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 12:08 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
48. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 2:01 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
49. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 4:02 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
50. 2.517 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 4:11 PM HST · 17584 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
51. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 7:08 PM HST · 17583 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
52. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 4:16 AM HST · 17583 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
53. 2.110 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 10:41 AM HST · 17583 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
54. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 11:17 AM HST · 17583 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
55. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 4:40 PM HST · 17583 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
56. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 5:18 PM HST · 17583 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
57. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 12:21 AM HST · 17582 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
58. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 2:01 AM HST · 17582 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
59. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 6:05 AM HST · 17582 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
60. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 9:46 AM HST · 17582 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away

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