M1.9 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Nov 27, 1978, 10:45 PM HST

UTC

1978-11-28 08:45:26 UTC

Depth

7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.311° N, 155.243° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.02

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

107°

Stations used

27

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast42 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 11:19 PM HST · 17473 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 1:29 AM HST · 17473 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
3. 3.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 1:31 AM HST · 17473 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 1:40 AM HST · 17473 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
5. 1.56 km ESE of H?lualoa, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 9:04 AM HST · 17472 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
6. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 8:59 PM HST · 17472 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
7. 3.20 km W of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 9:50 PM HST · 17472 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
8. 3.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 10:42 PM HST · 17472 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 2:19 AM HST · 17472 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
10. 2.7Hawaii region, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 11:40 AM HST · 17471 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
11. 3.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 3:55 PM HST · 17471 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
12. 2.217 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 7:15 PM HST · 17471 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
13. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 9:38 PM HST · 17471 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
14. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 9:39 PM HST · 17471 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
15. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 9:56 PM HST · 17471 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
16. 2.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 10:09 AM HST · 17470 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
17. 2.79 km WNW of Kurtistown, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 11:34 AM HST · 17470 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
18. 2.312 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 2:40 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
19. 3.511 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 3:22 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
20. 3.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 4:16 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
21. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 4:46 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
22. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 4:57 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
23. 2.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 9:38 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
24. 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 30, 9:39 PM HST · 17470 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.12 km E of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 1, 12:19 AM HST · 17470 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
26. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 1, 7:14 AM HST · 17469 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
27. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 1, 10:31 AM HST · 17469 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
28. 1.911 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 1, 12:07 PM HST · 17469 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
29. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 1, 2:57 PM HST · 17469 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
30. 2.215 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 6:37 AM HST · 17468 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.52 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 8:36 AM HST · 17468 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
32. 2.418 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 8:49 AM HST · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
33. 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 11:12 AM HST · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
34. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 6:02 PM HST · 17468 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
35. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 6:29 PM HST · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
36. 2.510 km E of Waimea, HISat, Dec 2, 7:14 PM HST · 17468 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
37. 2.422 km W of Paukaa, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 8:05 PM HST · 17468 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
38. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 2, 10:05 PM HST · 17468 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
39. 3.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 1:21 AM HST · 17468 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
40. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 4:17 AM HST · 17467 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
41. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 4:45 AM HST · 17467 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
42. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 10:27 AM HST · 17467 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
43. 2.128 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 11:04 AM HST · 17467 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
44. 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 11:23 AM HST · 17467 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
45. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 9:07 PM HST · 17467 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
46. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 3, 11:31 PM HST · 17467 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
47. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 4, 3:11 AM HST · 17466 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
48. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 4, 3:39 AM HST · 17466 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
49. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 4, 12:56 PM HST · 17466 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
50. 1.92 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Dec 4, 2:51 PM HST · 17466 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
51. 2.412 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 4, 9:52 PM HST · 17466 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
52. 1.95 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 4:51 AM HST · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
53. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 8:53 AM HST · 17465 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
54. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 8:57 AM HST · 17465 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
55. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 10:08 AM HST · 17465 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
56. 3.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 11:36 AM HST · 17465 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
57. 2.510 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 1:07 PM HST · 17465 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
58. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 3:21 PM HST · 17465 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
59. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 4:51 PM HST · 17465 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
60. 1.613 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Dec 5, 5:42 PM HST · 17465 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 9:31 PM HST · 17473 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
2. 3.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 4:19 PM HST · 17473 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 4:18 PM HST · 17473 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
4. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 1:13 PM HST · 17473 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
5. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 11:16 AM HST · 17473 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
6. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 4:51 AM HST · 17473 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
7. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 1:09 AM HST · 17474 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
8. 2.110 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 4:14 PM HST · 17474 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
9. 2.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 12:01 PM HST · 17474 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
10. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 3:45 AM HST · 17474 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 12:05 AM HST · 17475 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 11:14 PM HST · 17475 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
13. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 9:04 PM HST · 17475 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
14. 2.613 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 9:01 PM HST · 17475 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.819 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 8:35 PM HST · 17475 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
16. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 6:13 PM HST · 17475 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
17. 2.02 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 12:57 PM HST · 17475 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
18. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 10:02 AM HST · 17475 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
19. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 9:25 AM HST · 17475 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
20. 1.814 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 5:58 AM HST · 17475 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19782083. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC.