M2.4 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Oct 10, 1978, 5:27 AM HST (15:27 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 9 km SSE of P?hala, 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
- 1978-10-10 15:27:12 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.328° N, 155.194° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 35
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
- 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17480 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.69 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.315 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17479 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.97 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17478 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.317 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17477 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.321 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.69 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.523 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17476 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.57 km S of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.714 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.524 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17475 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.120 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17474 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17474 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17474 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17474 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17474 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17474 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.521 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17473 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17472 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17472 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17472 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17472 days ago · 6 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 hv19781739. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.