Hawaii earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 13 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, May 11, 1979, 3:26 AM HST (13:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-05-11 13:26:28 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.342° N, 155.161° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
20

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. 1.613 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17268 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.26 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.316 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17267 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.21 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 17266 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.510 km E of P?pa‘ikou, Hawaii · 17266 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17266 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.812 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.812 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.113 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17265 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 1.99 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 3.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.525 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 2.542 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17264 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.113 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 1.98 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 2.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17263 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.918 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 3.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17262 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17261 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17261 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17261 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 1.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17261 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 2.02 km NE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17261 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17261 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791475. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.