Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, May 3, 1979, 10:56 PM HST (08:56 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 11 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-05-04 08:56:25 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.430° N, 155.455° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.811 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.010 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.019 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17274 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17273 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17273 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.020 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17273 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17273 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17273 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17273 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.413 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.29 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.23 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 3.013 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 3.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17272 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17271 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17271 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17271 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.36 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17271 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17271 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17270 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.611 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17270 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17270 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17270 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 2.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 3.016 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 2.116 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 2.528 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, HI · 17269 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17269 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 3.319 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.613 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 2.26 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17266 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791412. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.