Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jul 10, 1979, 7:28 AM HST (17:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 20 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-07-10 17:28:10 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.307° N, 155.221° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
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: 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.29 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.010 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17248 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.810 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17247 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.95 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.018 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.22 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17246 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 3.02 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 1.711 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17245 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.320 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 3.810 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 3.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17244 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.91 km SSE of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 17243 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17243 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 201.

Before

  1. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17249 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.812 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.422 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17250 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.111 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.50 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.44 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17251 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17252 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.618 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17252 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17252 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17252 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17252 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19792239. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.