M1.8 earthquake 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sun, May 20, 1979, 12:14 PM HST

UTC

1979-05-20 22:14:14 UTC

Depth

1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.359° N, 155.211° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

108°

Stations used

9

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast10 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast36 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 20, 1:36 PM HST · 17304 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
2. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 20, 6:42 PM HST · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
3. 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 1:20 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 1:25 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.66 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, May 21, 1:51 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
6. 2.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 21, 3:53 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
7. 2.412 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 21, 4:03 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
8. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 21, 4:05 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
9. 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 21, 4:30 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
10. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 7:17 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
11. 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 21, 8:57 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
12. 2.517 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, May 21, 9:29 AM HST · 17303 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
13. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, May 21, 1:49 PM HST · 17303 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
14. 2.313 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 21, 4:38 PM HST · 17302 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
15. 3.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 9:42 PM HST · 17302 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
16. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 12:18 AM HST · 17302 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
17. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 22, 1:58 AM HST · 17302 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
18. 2.117 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 2:22 AM HST · 17302 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 22, 11:53 AM HST · 17302 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
20. 2.78 km WSW of Puako, HawaiiTue, May 22, 3:45 PM HST · 17302 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
21. 2.614 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 22, 4:48 PM HST · 17301 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
22. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 5:45 PM HST · 17301 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
23. 1.816 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 10:54 PM HST · 17301 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
24. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 2:23 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
25. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 2:27 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
26. 3.321 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 23, 3:09 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
27. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 4:49 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
28. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 7:35 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
29. 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 23, 8:35 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
30. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 9:56 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
31. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 11:58 AM HST · 17301 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
32. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 23, 4:12 PM HST · 17301 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
33. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 4:28 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
34. 3.16 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, May 23, 4:51 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
35. 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 8:05 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
36. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 23, 8:11 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
37. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 23, 8:37 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
38. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 23, 11:27 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
39. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 24, 12:08 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
40. 2.422 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, May 24, 2:04 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
41. 1.516 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 24, 3:19 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
42. 2.420 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiThu, May 24, 4:30 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
43. 2.15 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 24, 4:44 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
44. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 24, 8:56 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
45. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 24, 9:29 AM HST · 17300 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
46. 1.52 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, May 24, 12:06 PM HST · 17300 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
47. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 24, 4:21 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
48. 3.26 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 24, 4:26 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
49. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 24, 4:33 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
50. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 24, 9:44 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
51. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 24, 9:51 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
52. 2.223 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiThu, May 24, 10:47 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
53. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 25, 12:59 AM HST · 17299 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
54. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 25, 1:47 AM HST · 17299 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
55. 2.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 25, 7:59 AM HST · 17299 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
56. 2.212 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, May 25, 8:43 AM HST · 17299 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
57. 2.011 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 25, 1:56 PM HST · 17299 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
58. 1.614 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 26, 12:52 AM HST · 17298 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
59. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 26, 1:14 AM HST · 17298 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
60. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 26, 1:59 AM HST · 17298 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 20, 9:31 AM HST · 17304 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
2. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 20, 5:59 AM HST · 17304 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 20, 3:06 AM HST · 17304 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
4. 1.618 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 20, 1:51 AM HST · 17304 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
5. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 19, 6:04 PM HST · 17304 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.330 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiSat, May 19, 5:59 PM HST · 17304 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
7. 2.013 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSat, May 19, 5:14 PM HST · 17304 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 19, 3:52 PM HST · 17305 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 19, 9:44 AM HST · 17305 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
10. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 19, 6:08 AM HST · 17305 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
11. 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 19, 5:50 AM HST · 17305 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
12. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 18, 10:09 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 18, 9:56 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 18, 7:24 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
15. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, May 18, 7:03 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
16. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 18, 6:18 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.216 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 18, 3:46 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
18. 2.411 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 18, 2:06 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
19. 2.33 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 18, 12:20 AM HST · 17306 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
20. 2.412 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 17, 10:49 PM HST · 17306 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791609. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.