Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jul 24, 1979, 6:14 PM HST (04:14 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-07-25 04:14:23 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.336° N, 155.216° 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, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.012 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 1.716 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.414 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17178 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17177 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  22. 2.113 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 1.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17176 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 1.511 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 1.916 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 3.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.212 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17175 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 3.813 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.79 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.235 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17174 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 2.26 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17173 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17173 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17173 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17173 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17173 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  49. 3.412 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17173 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17172 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17172 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  52. 1.852 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17172 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17172 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17172 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17172 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 2.126 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17171 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17171 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.85 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 17171 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 1.88 km N of Waimea, Hawaii · 17171 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.426 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17171 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19792428. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.