M2.0 earthquake 23 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Jul 25, 1979, 11:04 AM HST

UTC

1979-07-25 21:04:48 UTC

Depth

1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.236° N, 155.256° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

220°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

16

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast23 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast50 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast356 kmSE

After

1. 1.921 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 12:27 PM HST · 17235 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
2. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 1:24 PM HST · 17235 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
3. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 1:53 PM HST · 17235 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
4. 1.812 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 8:51 PM HST · 17234 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
5. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 12:06 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
6. 2.422 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 1:27 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
7. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 2:29 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
8. 1.523 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 3:30 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
9. 2.123 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 6:11 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
10. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 9:28 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
11. 3.63 km NNE of Kalaoa, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 9:50 AM HST · 17234 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.728 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 12:14 PM HST · 17234 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
13. 2.224 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 1:18 PM HST · 17234 days ago · -3 km deep · 44 km away
14. 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 1:45 PM HST · 17234 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
15. 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 5:14 PM HST · 17234 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
16. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 5:16 PM HST · 17234 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
17. 1.521 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 8:03 PM HST · 17234 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
18. 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 8:50 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
19. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 11:44 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
20. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 26, 11:48 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
21. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 1:32 AM HST · 17233 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
22. 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 1:58 AM HST · 17233 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
23. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 3:21 AM HST · 17233 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
24. 1.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 6:29 AM HST · 17233 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
25. 3.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 8:56 AM HST · 17233 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
26. 2.00 km E of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 5:25 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
27. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 5:26 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
28. 2.816 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 6:16 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
29. 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 7:21 PM HST · 17233 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 27, 11:02 PM HST · 17232 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
31. 2.59 km ENE of Honalo, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 12:36 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
32. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 2:31 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
33. 1.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 3:01 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
34. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 3:26 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
35. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 3:48 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
36. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 4:28 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
37. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 4:29 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
38. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 7:41 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
39. 2.628 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 9:16 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
40. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 10:14 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
41. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 10:27 AM HST · 17232 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
42. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 6:22 PM HST · 17232 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
43. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 28, 8:00 PM HST · 17232 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
44. 2.314 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 12:55 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
45. 2.418 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 2:21 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
46. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 3:35 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
47. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 6:39 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
48. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 6:46 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
49. 2.819 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 8:39 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
50. 2.25 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 11:52 AM HST · 17231 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
51. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 4:17 PM HST · 17231 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
52. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 4:41 PM HST · 17231 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
53. 2.128 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 8:21 PM HST · 17231 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
54. 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 10:02 PM HST · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
55. 2.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 29, 10:24 PM HST · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
56. 2.18 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 30, 1:15 AM HST · 17230 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
57. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 30, 1:33 AM HST · 17230 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
58. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 30, 6:23 AM HST · 17230 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
59. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 30, 3:56 PM HST · 17230 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
60. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 30, 4:29 PM HST · 17230 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

1. 2.017 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 5:08 AM HST · 17235 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
2. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 4:49 AM HST · 17235 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
3. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 25, 3:23 AM HST · 17235 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
4. 2.35 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 6:58 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
5. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 6:54 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
6. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 6:14 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
7. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 6:13 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
8. 3.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 6:07 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
9. 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 5:21 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
10. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 1:35 PM HST · 17236 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
11. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 9:36 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
12. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 6:29 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
13. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 24, 1:28 AM HST · 17236 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 23, 2:29 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
15. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 23, 2:19 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 23, 2:46 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
17. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 23, 2:31 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
18. 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 23, 1:09 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 23, 12:21 AM HST · 17237 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
20. 1.512 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jul 22, 8:51 PM HST · 17237 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19792439. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC.