M1.9 earthquake 10 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Jan 18, 1973, 7:09 AM HST

UTC

1973-01-18 17:09:24 UTC

Depth

5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.346° N, 155.222° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

183°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

17

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast11 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 18, 1:42 PM HST · 19605 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 18, 11:07 PM HST · 19605 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
3. 3.520 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 19, 9:49 AM HST · 19604 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
4. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 19, 2:10 PM HST · 19604 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
5. 2.418 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 19, 2:20 PM HST · 19604 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 19, 11:31 PM HST · 19604 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
7. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 11:26 PM HST · 19603 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
8. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 20, 11:47 PM HST · 19603 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.83 km NW of Puako, HawaiiSun, Jan 21, 8:50 PM HST · 19602 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
10. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 21, 10:55 PM HST · 19602 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.316 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 10:46 AM HST · 19601 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
12. 3.115 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 1:12 PM HST · 19601 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
13. 3.412 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 1:57 PM HST · 19601 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
14. 1.712 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 3:44 PM HST · 19601 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.312 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 10:26 PM HST · 19601 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
16. 2.426 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 10:35 PM HST · 19601 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
17. 2.720 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Jan 22, 11:14 PM HST · 19601 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
18. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 23, 4:24 AM HST · 19600 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 23, 9:28 AM HST · 19600 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
20. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 4:41 PM HST · 19599 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
21. 2.422 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiWed, Jan 24, 8:58 PM HST · 19599 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
22. 2.411 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiThu, Jan 25, 11:09 AM HST · 19598 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
23. 2.23 km WNW of Kurtistown, HawaiiThu, Jan 25, 6:08 PM HST · 19598 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
24. 2.312 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 25, 8:37 PM HST · 19598 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
25. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 25, 11:55 PM HST · 19598 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
26. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 26, 2:38 AM HST · 19597 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
27. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 26, 6:01 AM HST · 19597 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
28. 2.35 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 27, 12:43 AM HST · 19597 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
29. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 27, 3:32 PM HST · 19596 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
30. 2.722 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 27, 10:12 PM HST · 19596 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
31. 2.34 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 3:52 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
32. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 4:19 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
33. 2.441 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 4:43 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
34. 2.54 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 5:18 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
35. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 5:26 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
36. 2.913 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 6:33 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
37. 2.89 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 28, 11:20 PM HST · 19595 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
38. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 29, 2:02 AM HST · 19594 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
39. 2.319 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiMon, Jan 29, 7:09 PM HST · 19594 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
40. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 29, 8:37 PM HST · 19594 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
41. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 30, 9:05 AM HST · 19593 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
42. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 3:59 AM HST · 19592 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
43. 3.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 4:18 PM HST · 19592 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
44. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 4:34 PM HST · 19592 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
45. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 9:52 PM HST · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
46. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 10:07 PM HST · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
47. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 10:29 PM HST · 19592 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
48. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 31, 10:37 PM HST · 19592 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
49. 2.63 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Feb 1, 12:28 AM HST · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
50. 2.52 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 1, 12:35 AM HST · 19592 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
51. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 1, 4:31 AM HST · 19591 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
52. 2.47 km SSW of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 2, 2:59 PM HST · 19590 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
53. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 2, 5:35 PM HST · 19590 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
54. 2.810 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Feb 2, 6:23 PM HST · 19590 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
55. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 3, 2:55 PM HST · 19589 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
56. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 3, 7:36 PM HST · 19589 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
57. 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 3, 8:41 PM HST · 19589 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
58. 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 5:58 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
59. 1.915 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 6:00 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
60. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 7:41 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

1. 2.612 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Jan 17, 12:44 PM HST · 19606 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
2. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 17, 11:38 AM HST · 19606 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
3. 2.422 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Jan 16, 12:13 AM HST · 19608 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
4. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 9:26 PM HST · 19608 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
5. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 1:30 PM HST · 19608 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
6. 2.526 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 4:28 AM HST · 19608 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
7. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 3:38 AM HST · 19608 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 15, 2:38 AM HST · 19608 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.612 km ESE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 7:19 PM HST · 19609 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 3:58 PM HST · 19609 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.417 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 12:25 PM HST · 19609 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
12. 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 8:49 AM HST · 19609 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
13. 2.612 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 8:09 AM HST · 19609 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
14. 3.215 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 6:40 AM HST · 19609 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
15. 3.012 km ESE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 6:01 AM HST · 19609 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
16. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 14, 3:57 AM HST · 19609 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
17. 3.617 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jan 13, 11:30 AM HST · 19610 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
18. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 12, 3:36 AM HST · 19611 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 11, 5:22 PM HST · 19612 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19730110. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.