M1.9 earthquake 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, Nov 3, 1973, 4:41 AM HST

UTC

1973-11-03 14:41:58 UTC

Depth

7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.417° N, 155.398° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

62°

Stations used

23

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast17 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast47 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast332 kmSE

After

1. 4.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 11:12 AM HST · 19326 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 12:49 PM HST · 19326 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
3. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 2:01 PM HST · 19326 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.26 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 4, 7:22 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
5. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 4, 11:36 PM HST · 19325 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
6. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 1:52 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
7. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 2:03 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 2:48 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 4:41 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
10. 3.024 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 2:59 PM HST · 19324 days ago · -2 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.712 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 10:05 PM HST · 19324 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 1:04 AM HST · 19324 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
13. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 1:19 AM HST · 19324 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
14. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 8:07 AM HST · 19323 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
15. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 8:22 PM HST · 19323 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
16. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 11:09 AM HST · 19322 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
17. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 2:11 PM HST · 19322 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
18. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 3:24 PM HST · 19322 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
19. 2.74 km N of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Nov 8, 9:18 AM HST · 19321 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
20. 2.619 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 1:30 AM HST · 19321 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
21. 3.64 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 2:08 AM HST · 19321 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
22. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 4:40 AM HST · 19321 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
23. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 6:22 AM HST · 19320 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
24. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 6:34 AM HST · 19320 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
25. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 7:26 AM HST · 19320 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
26. 2.25 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 9:43 AM HST · 19319 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
27. 2.26 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 11:31 AM HST · 19319 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
28. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 1:55 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
29. 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 2:36 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
30. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 5:23 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
31. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 5:26 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
32. 2.18 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 5:33 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
33. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 5:48 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
34. 1.810 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 5:55 PM HST · 19319 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
35. 2.18 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 5:56 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
36. 1.87 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 6:09 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
37. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 6:13 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
38. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 6:17 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
39. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 6:31 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
40. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 7:02 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
41. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 7:05 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
42. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 7:29 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
43. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 7:37 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
44. 2.315 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 7:59 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
45. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 8:41 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
46. 2.28 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 9:11 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
47. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 9:27 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
48. 2.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 9:30 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
49. 2.18 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 10, 10:02 PM HST · 19319 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
50. 2.812 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 4:18 AM HST · 19319 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
51. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 5:09 AM HST · 19319 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
52. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 5:19 AM HST · 19319 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
53. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 5:36 AM HST · 19319 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
54. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 5:38 AM HST · 19319 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
55. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 5:59 AM HST · 19319 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
56. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 6:05 AM HST · 19319 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
57. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 7:05 AM HST · 19318 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
58. 2.217 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Nov 11, 1:25 PM HST · 19318 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
59. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 12, 8:15 PM HST · 19317 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
60. 2.922 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 13, 11:10 AM HST · 19316 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.643 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 2:44 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
2. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 7:18 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
3. 2.210 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 6:13 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
4. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 5:08 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
5. 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 4:29 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
6. 2.320 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 3:17 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
7. 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 9:16 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
8. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 7:19 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
9. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 5:15 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
10. 2.719 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 2:51 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
11. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 12:03 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
12. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 10:48 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
13. 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 7:54 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
14. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 6:14 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
15. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 5:40 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
16. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 5:16 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
17. 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 4:33 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
18. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 3:22 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 1:44 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
20. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 12:05 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19732659. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:44 AM UTC.