M1.9 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Mar 16, 1979, 10:00 PM HST

UTC

1979-03-17 08:00:37 UTC

Depth

4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.324° N, 155.201° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

89°

Stations used

19

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast14 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 23, 10:35 PM HST · 17318 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 12:41 AM HST · 17318 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 2:44 AM HST · 17318 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
4. 2.15 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 3:14 AM HST · 17318 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
5. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 6:14 AM HST · 17318 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
6. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 11:21 AM HST · 17318 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
7. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 3:55 PM HST · 17317 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
8. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 4:50 PM HST · 17317 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
9. 1.626 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 5:05 PM HST · 17317 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
10. 1.819 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Apr 24, 8:24 PM HST · 17317 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
11. 1.712 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 5:48 AM HST · 17317 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
12. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 9:05 AM HST · 17317 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
13. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 9:49 AM HST · 17317 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
14. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 11:20 AM HST · 17317 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
15. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 3:20 PM HST · 17316 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
16. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 4:24 PM HST · 17316 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
17. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 6:00 PM HST · 17316 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
18. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 6:13 PM HST · 17316 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Apr 25, 8:46 PM HST · 17316 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
20. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 1:36 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
21. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 2:16 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
22. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 6:58 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
23. 2.213 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 7:19 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
24. 2.612 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 7:41 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
25. 1.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 8:27 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
26. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 9:32 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
27. 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 10:59 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
28. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 11:02 AM HST · 17316 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
29. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 1:50 PM HST · 17315 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
30. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 3:52 PM HST · 17315 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
31. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 9:09 PM HST · 17315 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
32. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 9:29 PM HST · 17315 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
33. 2.119 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 10:53 PM HST · 17315 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
34. 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 2:00 AM HST · 17315 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
35. 3.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 4:54 AM HST · 17315 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
36. 2.01 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 2:14 PM HST · 17314 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
37. 3.417 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 2:26 PM HST · 17314 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
38. 2.513 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 5:01 PM HST · 17314 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
39. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 2:18 AM HST · 17314 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
40. 2.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 6:15 AM HST · 17314 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
41. 2.021 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 12:17 PM HST · 17314 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
42. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 4:18 PM HST · 17313 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
43. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 6:43 PM HST · 17313 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
44. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 9:45 PM HST · 17313 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
45. 2.223 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 10:28 PM HST · 17313 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
46. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 1:57 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
47. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 2:27 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
48. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 2:49 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
49. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 4:04 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
50. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 8:19 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
51. 2.719 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 10:42 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
52. 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 10:47 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
53. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 11:05 AM HST · 17313 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
54. 1.58 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 9:29 PM HST · 17312 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
55. 1.811 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 11:17 PM HST · 17312 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
56. 2.04 km S of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 12:14 AM HST · 17312 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
57. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 1:11 AM HST · 17312 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
58. 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 5:35 AM HST · 17312 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
59. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 8:50 AM HST · 17312 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
60. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 5:51 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19790944. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.