Hawaii earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 2 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Mar 23, 1979, 5:49 AM HST (15:49 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 14 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-03-23 15:49:42 UTC
Depth
0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.421° N, 155.236° W
Region
Hawaii
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
220°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.511 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17311 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.113 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 3.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17310 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.520 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.417 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.314 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.422 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17309 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 2.519 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 17308 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17308 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 2.05 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17308 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.211 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17308 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.522 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.33 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 3.112 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 1.76 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17307 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17306 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17306 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17305 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17304 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.59 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17304 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17304 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17304 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17304 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17304 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17303 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.49 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17303 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 2.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17303 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.211 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17303 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 1.811 km SW of Leilani Estates, HI · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17302 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791013. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.