M2.0 earthquake 17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Aug 29, 1978, 3:41 PM HST

UTC

1978-08-30 01:41:06 UTC

Depth

7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.289° N, 155.269° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

134°

Stations used

28

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast18 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast46 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 4:13 PM HST · 17564 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 11:58 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
3. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 11:09 AM HST · 17563 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
4. 3.418 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 12:40 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
5. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 12:47 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
6. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 2:41 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.715 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 4:27 PM HST · 17563 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
8. 2.817 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:03 AM HST · 17562 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
9. 1.78 km NE of Honalo, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:32 AM HST · 17562 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
10. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 3:24 AM HST · 17562 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
11. 4.514 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:07 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
12. 2.613 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:12 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
13. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:22 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
14. 2.613 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 1:32 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
15. 3.214 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 2:14 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 2:20 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
17. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 2:21 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
18. 2.36 km NE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 9:46 PM HST · 17562 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
19. 2.520 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 10:32 PM HST · 17562 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
20. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 4:01 AM HST · 17561 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
21. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 8:16 AM HST · 17561 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
22. 2.011 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 8:23 AM HST · 17561 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
23. 2.020 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 2:58 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
24. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 5:48 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
25. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 6:57 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
26. 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 10:45 PM HST · 17561 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
27. 2.12 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 12:40 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
28. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 2:47 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
29. 2.511 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 6:19 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
30. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 8:44 AM HST · 17560 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
31. 2.90 km S of Honalo, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 5:05 PM HST · 17560 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
32. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 10:24 PM HST · 17560 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
33. 2.715 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 1:10 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
34. 2.03 km ESE of Kealakekua, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 2:12 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
35. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 4:26 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
36. 2.417 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 4:50 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
37. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 5:11 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
38. 2.411 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 9:00 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
39. 2.421 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 3:45 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
40. 1.515 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 4:11 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
41. 2.515 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 9:20 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
42. 3.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 8:14 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
43. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 10:41 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
44. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 12:47 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
45. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 4:28 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
46. 3.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 6:18 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
47. 3.812 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 10:26 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
48. 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 3:24 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
49. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 5:38 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
50. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 7:39 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
51. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 11:22 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
52. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 4:29 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
53. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 4:48 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 8:28 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
55. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 1:06 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
56. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 2:14 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
57. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 11:49 PM HST · 17555 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 2:14 AM HST · 17555 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
59. 2.819 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 4:23 AM HST · 17555 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
60. 3.337 km SW of Captain Cook, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 4:42 AM HST · 17555 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 12:29 PM HST · 17564 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
2. 3.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 11:44 AM HST · 17564 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
3. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 10:11 AM HST · 17564 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 9:20 AM HST · 17564 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
5. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 3:40 AM HST · 17564 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
6. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 12:33 AM HST · 17564 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 8:25 PM HST · 17565 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
8. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 3:25 PM HST · 17565 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.515 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 9:08 AM HST · 17565 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
10. 3.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 8:46 PM HST · 17566 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 9:33 AM HST · 17566 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
12. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 6:33 AM HST · 17566 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.418 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 3:16 AM HST · 17566 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.59 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 2:27 AM HST · 17566 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 11:02 PM HST · 17566 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
16. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 1:24 PM HST · 17567 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
17. 2.515 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 7:20 AM HST · 17567 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 4:08 AM HST · 17567 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 5:17 PM HST · 17568 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.73 km E of P?pa‘ikou, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 6:47 AM HST · 17568 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19781415. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.