M1.6 earthquake 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Fri, Dec 17, 1971, 11:00 AM HST

UTC

1971-12-17 21:00:22 UTC

Depth

1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.384° N, 155.244° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

111°

Stations used

9

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast7 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast346 kmSE

After

1. 2.642 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 7:53 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
2. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 8:09 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
3. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 8:12 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
4. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 9:08 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
5. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 9:11 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
6. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 9:32 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
7. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 11:22 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
8. 2.015 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 11:27 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 11:40 PM HST · 20015 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
10. 1.814 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 2:10 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 2:53 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
12. 2.431 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 2:57 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
13. 2.536 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 2:59 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
14. 2.427 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 3:01 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
15. 1.916 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:25 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
16. 2.215 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 10:45 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
17. 2.643 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 2:55 PM HST · 20014 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
18. 1.915 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:25 PM HST · 20014 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 7:08 PM HST · 20014 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
20. 2.23 km ENE of Mountain View, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 8:13 PM HST · 20014 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
21. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 8:16 PM HST · 20014 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
22. 2.834 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 11:46 PM HST · 20014 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
23. 2.640 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 2:24 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
24. 2.638 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 3:09 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
25. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 3:25 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
26. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 5:34 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
27. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 5:46 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
28. 2.748 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:09 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
29. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:11 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
30. 2.941 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:15 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
31. 3.038 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:19 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
32. 2.644 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:26 AM HST · 20014 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
33. 2.937 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 10:13 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
34. 3.238 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 11:01 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
35. 2.428 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 11:07 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
36. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 1:46 PM HST · 20013 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
37. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 8:14 PM HST · 20013 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
38. 2.514 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 12:06 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
39. 2.415 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 12:10 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
40. 3.044 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:18 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
41. 2.828 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:19 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
42. 2.5Hawaii region, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:27 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
43. 2.527 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:41 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
44. 3.043 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:43 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
45. 2.425 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:45 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
46. 3.638 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:49 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
47. 2.636 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:53 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
48. 2.422 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:54 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
49. 2.530 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 2:01 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
50. 2.530 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 2:07 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
51. 2.744 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 2:18 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
52. 2.744 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 2:42 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
53. 2.941 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 4:12 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
54. 2.527 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 4:21 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
55. 2.634 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 4:26 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
56. 2.529 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 5:39 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
57. 2.530 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 5:42 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
58. 3.140 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 5:43 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
59. 2.529 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 5:46 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
60. 2.533 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 7:36 AM HST · 20013 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 1.916 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 10:19 AM HST · 20015 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.520 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 8:59 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
3. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 8:16 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
4. 1.610 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 2:51 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
5. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 2:03 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 1:22 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
7. 1.712 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 1:18 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
8. 2.537 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 9:49 PM HST · 20016 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
9. 2.87 km E of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 7:18 PM HST · 20016 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
10. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 5:27 PM HST · 20016 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
11. 2.714 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 11:34 AM HST · 20016 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 6:54 AM HST · 20017 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
13. 1.56 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 11:40 PM HST · 20017 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
14. 2.322 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 5:20 PM HST · 20017 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
15. 3.423 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 8:42 AM HST · 20018 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 7:44 AM HST · 20018 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
17. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 5:26 AM HST · 20018 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
18. 2.414 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 3:05 AM HST · 20018 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 8:25 PM HST · 20018 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
20. 3.08 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 7:27 PM HST · 20018 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19715901. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.