M2.1 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Sep 5, 1978, 4:28 AM HST

UTC

1978-09-05 14:28:18 UTC

Depth

7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.311° N, 155.195° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

113°

Stations used

35

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast356 kmSE

After

1. 3.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 6:18 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
2. 3.812 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 10:26 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
3. 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 3:24 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 5:38 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 7:39 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 11:22 PM HST · 17556 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 4:29 AM HST · 17555 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
8. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 4:48 AM HST · 17555 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 8:28 AM HST · 17555 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
10. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 1:06 PM HST · 17555 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 2:14 PM HST · 17555 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
12. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 6, 11:49 PM HST · 17554 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 2:14 AM HST · 17554 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.819 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 4:23 AM HST · 17554 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
15. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 7:58 AM HST · 17554 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
16. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 11:37 AM HST · 17554 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
17. 2.216 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 6:38 PM HST · 17554 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
18. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 7, 8:33 PM HST · 17554 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.113 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 8, 8:21 AM HST · 17553 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
20. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 8, 1:47 PM HST · 17553 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
21. 2.34 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 8, 3:48 PM HST · 17553 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
22. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 8, 6:05 PM HST · 17553 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
23. 2.312 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 9, 8:59 AM HST · 17552 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
24. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 9, 10:24 PM HST · 17552 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.217 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 12:39 AM HST · 17551 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
26. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 2:00 AM HST · 17551 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
27. 2.110 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 3:34 AM HST · 17551 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
28. 2.68 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 11:32 AM HST · 17551 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
29. 2.97 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 11:43 AM HST · 17551 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
30. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 1:40 PM HST · 17551 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
31. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 6:33 PM HST · 17551 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
32. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 10, 9:14 PM HST · 17551 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
33. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 12:01 AM HST · 17550 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
34. 3.727 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 1:21 AM HST · 17550 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
35. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 3:00 AM HST · 17550 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
36. 2.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 7:31 AM HST · 17550 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.113 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 8:24 AM HST · 17550 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
38. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 11:50 AM HST · 17550 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
39. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 12:02 PM HST · 17550 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
40. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 12:16 PM HST · 17550 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
41. 2.211 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 12:19 PM HST · 17550 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 7:51 PM HST · 17550 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
43. 4.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 8:16 PM HST · 17550 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
44. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 11, 11:55 PM HST · 17549 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
45. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 12, 5:55 AM HST · 17549 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
46. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 12, 7:12 AM HST · 17549 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
47. 2.211 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Sep 12, 7:14 AM HST · 17549 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
48. 2.317 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Sep 12, 7:29 AM HST · 17549 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
49. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 3:30 AM HST · 17548 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
50. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 5:31 AM HST · 17548 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
51. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 12:01 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
52. 2.313 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 12:10 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
53. 3.016 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 3:58 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
54. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 4:27 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
55. 1.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 4:34 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
56. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 4:36 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
57. 2.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 6:18 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
58. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 9:42 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
59. 2.922 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 10:31 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
60. 2.323 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 13, 10:33 PM HST · 17548 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

1. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 12:47 AM HST · 17556 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 10:41 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
3. 3.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 8:14 PM HST · 17557 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
4. 2.515 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 9:20 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
5. 1.515 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 4:11 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
6. 2.421 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 4, 3:45 AM HST · 17557 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
7. 2.411 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 9:00 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
8. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 5:11 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.417 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 4:50 PM HST · 17558 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
10. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 4:26 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.03 km ESE of Kealakekua, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 2:12 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
12. 2.715 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 1:10 AM HST · 17558 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
13. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 10:24 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
14. 2.90 km S of Honalo, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 5:05 PM HST · 17559 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
15. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 8:44 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
16. 2.511 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 6:19 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
17. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 2:47 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
18. 2.12 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 12:40 AM HST · 17559 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
19. 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 10:45 PM HST · 17560 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
20. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Sep 1, 6:57 PM HST · 17560 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19781464. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.