M2.0 earthquake 20 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Aug 28, 1979, 12:14 PM HST

UTC

1979-08-28 22:14:40 UTC

Depth

9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.414° N, 155.424° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

65°

Stations used

21

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast20 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast50 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmSE

After

1. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 4:39 PM HST · 17202 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.922 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 5:10 PM HST · 17202 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
3. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 8:32 PM HST · 17202 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
4. 2.611 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 8:37 PM HST · 17202 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
5. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 10:30 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
6. 2.16 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 11:30 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
7. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 12:21 AM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 3:06 AM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 7:10 AM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
10. 2.824 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 11:53 AM HST · 17201 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
11. 2.322 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 4:00 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
12. 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 4:59 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
13. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 5:09 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
14. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 5:39 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
15. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 6:42 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
16. 2.29 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 6:48 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.07 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 29, 8:38 PM HST · 17201 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 30, 11:37 AM HST · 17200 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
19. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Aug 30, 7:17 PM HST · 17200 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
20. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Aug 30, 8:09 PM HST · 17200 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
21. 2.410 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 30, 10:53 PM HST · 17199 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
22. 1.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 1:38 AM HST · 17199 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
23. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 2:25 AM HST · 17199 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
24. 2.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 4:10 AM HST · 17199 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
25. 2.28 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 6:13 AM HST · 17199 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
26. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 7:58 AM HST · 17199 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
27. 2.620 km E of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 12:24 PM HST · 17199 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
28. 2.617 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 1:14 PM HST · 17199 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
29. 2.118 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 3:47 PM HST · 17199 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
30. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 5:29 PM HST · 17199 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
31. 2.111 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 6:28 PM HST · 17199 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
32. 2.111 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 10:16 PM HST · 17198 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
33. 2.111 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 31, 10:18 PM HST · 17198 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
34. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 5:05 AM HST · 17198 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
35. 1.717 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 6:52 AM HST · 17198 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
36. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 9:12 AM HST · 17198 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
37. 4.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 12:16 PM HST · 17198 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
38. 1.916 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 1:25 PM HST · 17198 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
39. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 1:48 PM HST · 17198 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
40. 2.416 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 5:15 PM HST · 17198 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
41. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 9:53 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
42. 2.220 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 10:01 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
43. 2.515 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 1, 11:39 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
44. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 4:46 AM HST · 17197 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
45. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 11:23 AM HST · 17197 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
46. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 2:11 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
47. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 2:44 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
48. 2.86 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 2:50 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
49. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 2:53 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
50. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 2, 7:31 PM HST · 17197 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
51. 3.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 3, 1:27 AM HST · 17196 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
52. 1.626 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 3, 1:57 AM HST · 17196 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
53. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 3, 3:46 AM HST · 17196 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
54. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 3, 9:18 AM HST · 17196 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
55. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 3, 11:40 PM HST · 17195 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
56. 3.11 km NW of Kalaoa, HawaiiTue, Sep 4, 1:30 AM HST · 17195 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
57. 2.212 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 4, 4:54 AM HST · 17195 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
58. 2.717 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 4, 6:44 AM HST · 17195 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
59. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 4, 7:29 AM HST · 17195 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
60. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 4, 2:01 PM HST · 17195 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 3.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 6:55 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
2. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 6:54 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
3. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 6:33 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
4. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 5:59 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
5. 2.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 5:53 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
6. 3.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 5:47 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
7. 3.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 5:21 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
8. 1.73 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Aug 28, 12:51 AM HST · 17202 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
9. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 27, 10:05 PM HST · 17202 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
10. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 27, 9:17 PM HST · 17203 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
11. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 27, 4:17 PM HST · 17203 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 27, 2:42 PM HST · 17203 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
13. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 27, 4:01 AM HST · 17203 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
14. 2.65 km ESE of H?lualoa, HawaiiMon, Aug 27, 1:33 AM HST · 17203 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
15. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Aug 26, 11:21 PM HST · 17203 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
16. 2.321 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 26, 10:32 PM HST · 17203 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
17. 2.18 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 26, 2:32 PM HST · 17204 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
18. 2.219 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 26, 2:14 PM HST · 17204 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
19. 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Aug 26, 12:22 PM HST · 17204 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
20. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Aug 26, 11:19 AM HST · 17204 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19792928. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.