M3.5 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Fri, Sep 14, 1979, 7:35 AM HST

UTC

1979-09-14 17:35:18 UTC

Depth

9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.331° N, 155.193° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

85°

Stations used

39

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 10:44 AM HST · 17186 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.212 km W of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 1:53 PM HST · 17186 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
3. 3.813 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 3:32 PM HST · 17186 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
4. 2.79 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 5:58 PM HST · 17186 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
5. 2.57 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 6:32 PM HST · 17186 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 7:48 PM HST · 17185 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
7. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 8:52 AM HST · 17185 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
8. 2.235 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 10:13 AM HST · 17185 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
9. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 2:23 PM HST · 17185 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.26 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 3:45 PM HST · 17185 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
11. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 4:26 PM HST · 17185 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
12. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 8:45 PM HST · 17184 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
13. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 9:43 PM HST · 17184 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 15, 10:55 PM HST · 17184 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
15. 3.412 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSun, Sep 16, 9:51 AM HST · 17184 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
16. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 16, 6:23 PM HST · 17184 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
17. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 16, 7:46 PM HST · 17183 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
18. 1.852 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 16, 8:48 PM HST · 17183 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
19. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 16, 9:16 PM HST · 17183 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
20. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 3:13 AM HST · 17183 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
21. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 7:15 AM HST · 17183 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
22. 2.126 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 7:45 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
23. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 8:05 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
24. 2.85 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 8:45 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
25. 1.88 km N of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 10:11 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
26. 2.426 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 17, 10:45 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
27. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 2:06 AM HST · 17182 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
28. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 3:14 AM HST · 17182 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
29. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 3:42 AM HST · 17182 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
30. 1.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 8:29 AM HST · 17182 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
31. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 8:46 AM HST · 17182 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
32. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 11:41 AM HST · 17182 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
33. 2.05 km NNW of Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 3:23 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
34. 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 7:06 PM HST · 17182 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
35. 2.46 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 9:46 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
36. 2.47 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 9:51 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
37. 1.613 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 10:03 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
38. 2.54 km NNE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 11:08 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
39. 2.58 km NNE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Sep 18, 11:19 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
40. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 4:24 AM HST · 17181 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
41. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 6:08 AM HST · 17181 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
42. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 6:51 AM HST · 17181 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
43. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 7:26 AM HST · 17181 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
44. 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 8:34 AM HST · 17181 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
45. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 1:08 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
46. 2.111 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 1:10 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
47. 1.98 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 4:16 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
48. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 5:51 PM HST · 17181 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
49. 2.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 7:39 PM HST · 17180 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
50. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 9:28 PM HST · 17180 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
51. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 19, 9:30 PM HST · 17180 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
52. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 1:03 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
53. 1.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 2:53 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
54. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 7:22 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
55. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 7:52 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
56. 2.85 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 8:18 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
57. 3.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 9:18 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.62 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 10:04 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
59. 2.213 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 10:11 AM HST · 17180 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
60. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 20, 12:17 PM HST · 17180 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 5:48 AM HST · 17186 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
2. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 4:32 AM HST · 17186 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
3. 1.916 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 14, 12:14 AM HST · 17186 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
4. 2.46 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 4:14 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
5. 1.511 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 3:10 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 1:46 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
7. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 1:33 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
8. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 12:49 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
9. 1.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 10:39 AM HST · 17187 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
10. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 5:22 AM HST · 17187 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
11. 1.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 13, 1:51 AM HST · 17187 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
12. 2.113 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Sep 12, 10:13 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
13. 1.812 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 12, 8:27 PM HST · 17187 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.412 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 12, 12:12 PM HST · 17188 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 12, 11:47 AM HST · 17188 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
16. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 12, 9:34 AM HST · 17188 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
17. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 12, 5:05 AM HST · 17188 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
18. 1.66 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 11, 11:27 PM HST · 17188 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
19. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 11, 10:47 PM HST · 17188 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
20. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 11, 6:30 PM HST · 17189 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19793111. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC.