M2.4 earthquake 18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Aug 27, 1978, 3:16 AM HST

UTC

1978-08-27 13:16:51 UTC

Depth

6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.426° N, 155.407° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

47°

Stations used

31

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast18 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast47 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmSE

After

1. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 6:33 AM HST · 17565 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
2. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 9:33 AM HST · 17565 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
3. 3.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 8:46 PM HST · 17564 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
4. 2.515 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 9:08 AM HST · 17564 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
5. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 3:25 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
6. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 8:25 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 12:33 AM HST · 17563 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
8. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 3:40 AM HST · 17563 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 9:20 AM HST · 17563 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
10. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 10:11 AM HST · 17563 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
11. 3.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 11:44 AM HST · 17563 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 12:29 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
13. 2.017 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 3:41 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 4:13 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
15. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 11:58 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 11:09 AM HST · 17562 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
17. 3.418 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 12:40 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
18. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 12:47 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 2:41 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
20. 2.715 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 4:27 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
21. 2.817 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:03 AM HST · 17561 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
22. 1.78 km NE of Honalo, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:32 AM HST · 17561 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
23. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 3:24 AM HST · 17561 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
24. 4.514 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:07 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
25. 2.613 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:12 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
26. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:22 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
27. 2.613 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:32 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
28. 3.214 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 2:14 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
29. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 2:20 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
30. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 2:21 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.36 km NE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 9:46 PM HST · 17560 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
32. 2.520 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 10:32 PM HST · 17560 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
33. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 4:01 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
34. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 8:16 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
35. 2.011 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 8:23 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
36. 2.020 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 2:58 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
37. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 5:48 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
38. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 6:57 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
39. 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 10:45 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
40. 2.12 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 12:40 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
41. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 2:47 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
42. 2.511 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 6:19 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
43. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 8:44 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
44. 2.90 km S of Honalo, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 5:05 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
45. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 10:24 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
46. 2.715 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 1:10 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
47. 2.03 km ESE of Kealakekua, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 2:12 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
48. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 4:26 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
49. 2.417 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 4:50 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
50. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 5:11 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
51. 2.411 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 9:00 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
52. 2.421 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 3:45 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
53. 1.515 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 4:11 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
54. 2.515 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 9:20 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
55. 3.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 8:14 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
56. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 10:41 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
57. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 12:47 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
58. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 4:28 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
59. 3.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 6:18 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
60. 3.812 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 10:26 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.59 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 2:27 AM HST · 17565 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 11:02 PM HST · 17565 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
3. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 1:24 PM HST · 17566 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
4. 2.515 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 7:20 AM HST · 17566 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
5. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 4:08 AM HST · 17566 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
6. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 5:17 PM HST · 17566 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
7. 2.73 km E of P?pa‘ikou, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 6:47 AM HST · 17567 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
8. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 12:56 AM HST · 17567 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
9. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 9:28 PM HST · 17567 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
10. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 7:47 PM HST · 17567 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
11. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 5:09 PM HST · 17567 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
12. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 10:49 AM HST · 17568 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
13. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 9:39 AM HST · 17568 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
14. 2.421 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 9:07 AM HST · 17568 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.02 km WSW of Honalo, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 5:01 AM HST · 17568 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
16. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 1:50 AM HST · 17568 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
17. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 23, 9:08 PM HST · 17568 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.320 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 23, 7:34 PM HST · 17568 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 23, 5:57 PM HST · 17568 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
20. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 23, 11:48 AM HST · 17569 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19781402. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.