M1.9 earthquake 10 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sun, Dec 30, 1973, 6:41 PM HST

UTC

1973-12-31 04:41:28 UTC

Depth

1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.358° N, 155.188° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

117°

Stations used

11

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast11 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast34 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast353 kmSE

After

1. 2.22 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 11:55 PM HST · 19268 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
2. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 31, 7:30 AM HST · 19268 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 12:55 AM HST · 19267 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
4. 3.017 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 3:34 AM HST · 19267 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
5. 2.822 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 6:03 AM HST · 19267 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
6. 3.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 6:30 AM HST · 19267 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 12:08 PM HST · 19266 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
8. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 4:13 PM HST · 19266 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
9. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 1, 6:17 PM HST · 19266 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
10. 3.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 6:27 AM HST · 19266 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
11. 2.316 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 11:25 AM HST · 19265 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
12. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 5:10 PM HST · 19265 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
13. 2.63 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 7:57 PM HST · 19265 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
14. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 8:15 PM HST · 19265 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
15. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 12:08 AM HST · 19265 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.311 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 2:08 AM HST · 19265 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
17. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 11:05 AM HST · 19264 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
18. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 11:44 AM HST · 19264 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
19. 1.911 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 4:12 PM HST · 19264 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.312 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 6:02 PM HST · 19264 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
21. 2.126 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 8:20 PM HST · 19264 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
22. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 9:01 PM HST · 19264 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
23. 1.912 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 12:00 AM HST · 19264 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
24. 1.911 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 3:39 AM HST · 19264 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
25. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 4:41 AM HST · 19264 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
26. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 9:30 AM HST · 19263 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
27. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 11:35 AM HST · 19263 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
28. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 5:34 PM HST · 19263 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
29. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 6:47 PM HST · 19263 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
30. 2.025 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 10:26 PM HST · 19263 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
31. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 11:03 AM HST · 19262 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
32. 1.97 km SSW of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 6, 11:01 AM HST · 19261 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
33. 2.442 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 6, 7:16 PM HST · 19261 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
34. 2.17 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 6, 11:23 PM HST · 19261 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
35. 2.424 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 7, 11:22 AM HST · 19260 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
36. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 4:37 AM HST · 19260 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
37. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 4:53 AM HST · 19260 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
38. 3.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 4:54 AM HST · 19260 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
39. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 5:23 AM HST · 19260 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
40. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 5:54 AM HST · 19260 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
41. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 11:39 AM HST · 19259 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
42. 3.05 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:06 AM HST · 19259 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
43. 2.316 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 6:14 AM HST · 19259 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
44. 2.65 km SSW of P?hoa, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 11:01 AM HST · 19258 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
45. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:12 PM HST · 19258 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
46. 2.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 1:35 PM HST · 19258 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
47. 2.814 km W of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 2:38 PM HST · 19258 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
48. 3.01 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 5:47 PM HST · 19258 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
49. 2.25 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 9:01 PM HST · 19258 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
50. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 2:33 AM HST · 19258 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
51. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 5:28 AM HST · 19258 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
52. 2.215 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 7:41 AM HST · 19258 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
53. 2.125 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 9:50 AM HST · 19257 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
54. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 4:43 AM HST · 19257 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
55. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 2:20 PM HST · 19256 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
56. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 2:41 PM HST · 19256 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
57. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 11:21 PM HST · 19256 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
58. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 11:48 PM HST · 19256 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
59. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 12:59 AM HST · 19256 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
60. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 1:02 AM HST · 19256 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 2.411 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 12:04 PM HST · 19268 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
2. 2.412 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 11:25 AM HST · 19268 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
3. 2.711 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 11:13 AM HST · 19268 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
4. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 2:12 AM HST · 19269 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
5. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 1:48 AM HST · 19269 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
6. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 9:36 PM HST · 19269 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
7. 2.214 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 12:24 PM HST · 19269 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
8. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 7:27 AM HST · 19270 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
9. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 4:46 AM HST · 19270 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
10. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 2:40 AM HST · 19270 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
11. 2.711 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 7:23 PM HST · 19270 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
12. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 11:43 AM HST · 19270 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
13. 2.510 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 5:33 AM HST · 19271 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
14. 2.613 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 1:54 AM HST · 19271 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
15. 2.110 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 12:49 AM HST · 19271 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
16. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 27, 7:01 PM HST · 19271 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
17. 2.719 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 27, 7:00 PM HST · 19271 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
18. 2.69 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiThu, Dec 27, 6:06 PM HST · 19271 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
19. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 27, 12:04 PM HST · 19271 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
20. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 27, 6:09 AM HST · 19272 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19733034. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.