M2.0 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jun 13, 1979, 9:53 AM HST (19:53 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-06-13 19:53:11 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.338° N, 155.191° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.422 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.63 km NNE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.728 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · -3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17225 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.00 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.816 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17224 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Honalo, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.628 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17223 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.314 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.418 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.819 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17222 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17221 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17221 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17221 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17221 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17221 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17221 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.520 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17220 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.321 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17220 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17220 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 198.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19791941. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.