M3.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, May 12, 1979, 4:17 PM HST

UTC

1979-05-13 02:17:02 UTC

Depth

8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.318° N, 155.181° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

106°

Stations used

38

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast356 kmSE

After

1. 2.85 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, May 12, 6:57 PM HST · 17310 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
2. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 10:55 PM HST · 17310 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
3. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 12, 11:28 PM HST · 17310 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 11:41 PM HST · 17310 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, May 12, 11:44 PM HST · 17310 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
6. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 13, 12:23 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
7. 2.33 km N of Kalaoa, HawaiiSun, May 13, 1:05 AM HST · 17309 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
8. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 13, 2:27 AM HST · 17309 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
9. 1.715 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSun, May 13, 8:53 AM HST · 17309 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
10. 3.013 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 13, 11:38 AM HST · 17309 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
11. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 13, 3:38 PM HST · 17309 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
12. 2.016 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 13, 4:34 PM HST · 17309 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 13, 5:33 PM HST · 17309 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
14. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 13, 8:34 PM HST · 17309 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
15. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 13, 8:49 PM HST · 17309 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
16. 2.010 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, May 14, 6:23 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
17. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 8:31 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
18. 2.012 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiMon, May 14, 8:51 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
19. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 9:02 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
20. 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 9:06 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
21. 1.87 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 10:46 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
22. 3.221 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, May 14, 10:57 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
23. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 11:01 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
24. 2.35 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 11:27 AM HST · 17308 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
25. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 2:03 PM HST · 17308 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
26. 2.949 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 14, 6:38 PM HST · 17308 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
27. 2.213 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, May 15, 2:19 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
28. 2.45 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 3:17 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
29. 2.610 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 3:29 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
30. 1.516 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 15, 4:40 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
31. 2.218 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 5:57 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
32. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 7:17 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
33. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 11:26 AM HST · 17307 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
34. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 15, 4:35 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
35. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 15, 5:25 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
36. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 5:33 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
37. 1.625 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, May 15, 6:18 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
38. 2.34 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 6:36 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
39. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 6:54 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
40. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 15, 8:15 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
41. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 8:53 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
42. 2.58 km E of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, May 15, 9:36 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
43. 1.68 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 10:11 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
44. 2.016 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 15, 10:39 PM HST · 17307 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
45. 1.711 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 16, 12:46 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
46. 1.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 1:30 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
47. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 16, 4:08 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
48. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, May 16, 5:51 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
49. 1.83 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 7:40 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
50. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 1:17 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
51. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 1:20 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
52. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 5:21 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
53. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 16, 5:50 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
54. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 6:05 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
55. 2.215 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, May 16, 8:34 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
56. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 9:42 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
57. 1.613 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 16, 9:58 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
58. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 11:16 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
59. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 16, 11:24 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
60. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 17, 2:25 AM HST · 17305 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 3.112 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 12, 12:26 PM HST · 17310 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
2. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 12, 8:42 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
3. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 4:24 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
4. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 1:54 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
5. 1.82 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 1:42 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
6. 2.03 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 1:40 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
7. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 1:01 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.01 km SSW of Pepeekeo, HawaiiSat, May 12, 12:40 AM HST · 17310 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
9. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 11, 11:51 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
10. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 11, 11:45 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
11. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, May 11, 10:20 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
12. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 11, 9:21 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.916 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 11, 2:55 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
14. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 11, 2:10 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
15. 3.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 11, 1:59 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
16. 2.817 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 11, 1:45 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
17. 2.44 km WNW of Mountain View, HawaiiFri, May 11, 12:54 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
18. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 11, 12:28 PM HST · 17311 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 11, 9:42 AM HST · 17311 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
20. 2.918 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 11, 8:29 AM HST · 17311 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791502. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC.