M2.3 earthquake 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, May 29, 1979, 5:51 PM HST

UTC

1979-05-30 03:51:55 UTC

Depth

3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.361° N, 155.210° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

70°

Stations used

19

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast9 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast36 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.422 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jul 9, 3:08 AM HST · 17242 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
2. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 9, 5:17 AM HST · 17242 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 9, 1:59 PM HST · 17242 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 9, 5:10 PM HST · 17242 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
5. 1.812 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiMon, Jul 9, 5:38 PM HST · 17242 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
6. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 7:11 AM HST · 17241 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
7. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 7:28 AM HST · 17241 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.29 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 9:09 AM HST · 17241 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
9. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 9:17 AM HST · 17241 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
10. 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 10:24 AM HST · 17241 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 10:37 AM HST · 17241 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
12. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 12:08 PM HST · 17241 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
13. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 1:46 PM HST · 17241 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
14. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 2:05 PM HST · 17241 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
15. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 3:53 PM HST · 17241 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
16. 2.010 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 10:11 PM HST · 17240 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 10:29 PM HST · 17240 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 10, 10:48 PM HST · 17240 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
19. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 11, 2:59 AM HST · 17240 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
20. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 11, 3:26 AM HST · 17240 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
21. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 11, 3:29 AM HST · 17240 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
22. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jul 11, 6:53 AM HST · 17240 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
23. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 11, 7:03 AM HST · 17240 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
24. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 11, 7:45 AM HST · 17240 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
25. 1.99 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 12:41 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
26. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 1:01 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
27. 1.810 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 4:30 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
28. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 6:50 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
29. 2.118 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 7:32 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
30. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 7:48 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
31. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 10:33 AM HST · 17239 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
32. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 3:17 PM HST · 17239 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
33. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 6:38 PM HST · 17239 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
34. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 7:09 PM HST · 17239 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
35. 1.95 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 9:51 PM HST · 17238 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
36. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 12, 10:14 PM HST · 17238 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
37. 2.018 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 4:08 AM HST · 17238 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
38. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 5:13 AM HST · 17238 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
39. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 7:31 AM HST · 17238 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
40. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 9:49 AM HST · 17238 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
41. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 12:57 PM HST · 17238 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
42. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 2:40 PM HST · 17238 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
43. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 5:08 PM HST · 17238 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
44. 2.22 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 6:40 PM HST · 17238 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
45. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 13, 8:03 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
46. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 1:03 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
47. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 2:55 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
48. 3.02 km WSW of Kalaoa, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 5:15 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
49. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 12:23 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
50. 1.711 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 5:26 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
51. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 5:42 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
52. 2.320 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 14, 10:45 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
53. 2.215 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 3:23 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
54. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 3:53 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
55. 2.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 7:22 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
56. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 10:06 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
57. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 12:05 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
58. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 1:04 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
59. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 1:37 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
60. 3.810 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 15, 4:42 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791729. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.