Hawaii earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Sep 11, 1979, 2:55 PM HST (00:55 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-09-12 00:55:25 UTC
Depth
2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.383° N, 155.245° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
32

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

  1. 1.96 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.316 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17136 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17135 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17135 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17135 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17135 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17135 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.214 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17135 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.25 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17134 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.312 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.127 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 1.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 1.68 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17133 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17132 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17132 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17132 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17132 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17132 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17132 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 2.63 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 3.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.415 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 3.013 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17131 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.916 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.45 km NE of Waimea, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17130 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 198.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19793079. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.