M1.9 earthquake 18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Dec 5, 1973, 1:30 AM HST

UTC

1973-12-05 11:30:51 UTC

Depth

0.6 km (0.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.432° N, 155.408° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

150°

Stations used

13

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast18 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast47 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmSE

After

1. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 1:20 PM HST · 19293 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 6:38 PM HST · 19293 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
3. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 6:04 AM HST · 19292 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
4. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 12:46 PM HST · 19292 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
5. 2.522 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 5:24 PM HST · 19292 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
6. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 7:53 AM HST · 19291 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 3:40 AM HST · 19290 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 5:23 AM HST · 19290 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 1:17 PM HST · 19290 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
10. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 4:38 PM HST · 19290 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
11. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 9, 6:30 AM HST · 19289 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
12. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Dec 9, 10:59 AM HST · 19289 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
13. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 9:34 AM HST · 19288 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
14. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 1:45 PM HST · 19288 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
15. 2.415 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 3:52 PM HST · 19288 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
16. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 6:55 PM HST · 19288 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.515 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 7:34 PM HST · 19288 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
18. 2.414 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 7:39 PM HST · 19288 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
19. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 12:33 AM HST · 19288 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
20. 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 12:39 AM HST · 19288 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
21. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 3:44 AM HST · 19287 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
22. 2.76 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 11:02 AM HST · 19287 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
23. 2.418 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 4:07 PM HST · 19286 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 6:20 PM HST · 19286 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
25. 2.812 km WNW of Kalaoa, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 10:41 PM HST · 19286 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
26. 1.915 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 2:16 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
27. 4.810 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 4:25 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
28. 2.811 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 4:32 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
29. 2.419 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 4:49 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
30. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 5:16 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
31. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 6:44 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
32. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 7:21 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
33. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 7:25 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
34. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 7:42 AM HST · 19285 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
35. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 1:20 PM HST · 19285 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
36. 2.73 km SSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiFri, Dec 14, 4:15 AM HST · 19284 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
37. 2.52 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Dec 14, 4:36 AM HST · 19284 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
38. 2.411 km WSW of Hilo, HawaiiFri, Dec 14, 6:07 AM HST · 19284 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
39. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 14, 11:20 AM HST · 19284 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
40. 3.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 14, 4:46 PM HST · 19284 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 14, 6:32 PM HST · 19284 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
42. 2.414 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 15, 2:15 PM HST · 19283 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
43. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 15, 3:26 PM HST · 19283 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
44. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 15, 9:07 PM HST · 19283 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
45. 2.317 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 15, 11:32 PM HST · 19283 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
46. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 5:37 AM HST · 19282 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
47. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 7:33 AM HST · 19282 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
48. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 2:42 PM HST · 19282 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
49. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 10:09 PM HST · 19282 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
50. 2.613 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 9:14 PM HST · 19281 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
51. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 10:00 PM HST · 19281 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
52. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 3:35 AM HST · 19280 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
53. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 10:41 AM HST · 19280 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
54. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 9:57 PM HST · 19279 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
55. 3.414 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 11:17 PM HST · 19279 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
56. 2.210 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 2:31 AM HST · 19278 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
57. 2.417 km WSW of Hilo, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 5:01 AM HST · 19278 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
58. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 6:32 AM HST · 19278 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
59. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 10:40 AM HST · 19278 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
60. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 2:30 PM HST · 19278 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

1. 2.417 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 8:23 PM HST · 19294 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.912 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 8:18 PM HST · 19294 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
3. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 9:47 AM HST · 19294 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
4. 2.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 9:26 AM HST · 19294 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
5. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 7:15 AM HST · 19294 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
6. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 5:06 AM HST · 19294 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.321 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 12:28 AM HST · 19295 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
8. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 12:08 AM HST · 19295 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 1:52 PM HST · 19295 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
10. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 9:38 AM HST · 19295 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
11. 2.821 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 2:30 AM HST · 19295 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
12. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 2, 9:18 PM HST · 19296 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 11:28 PM HST · 19297 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
14. 2.19 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 10:00 AM HST · 19297 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
15. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 6:06 AM HST · 19297 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.612 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 1:50 AM HST · 19297 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
17. 2.630 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 6:28 PM HST · 19298 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
18. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 3:13 PM HST · 19298 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
19. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 4:04 AM HST · 19298 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
20. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 1:09 AM HST · 19299 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19732863. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC.