M1.6 earthquake 25 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Oct 16, 1979, 9:53 AM HST

UTC

1979-10-16 19:53:29 UTC

Depth

7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.443° N, 155.474° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.01

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

69°

Stations used

17

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast25 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast51 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast324 kmSE

After

1. 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 4:03 PM HST · 17155 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 5:12 PM HST · 17155 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
3. 1.69 km W of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 5:59 PM HST · 17155 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
4. 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 7:54 PM HST · 17154 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
5. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 8:07 PM HST · 17154 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
6. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 9:31 PM HST · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
7. 2.413 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 11:05 PM HST · 17154 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 11:32 PM HST · 17154 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
9. 1.917 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 12:26 AM HST · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
10. 2.815 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 7:37 AM HST · 17154 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
11. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 10:25 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
12. 2.721 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 1:09 AM HST · 17153 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
13. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 8:53 AM HST · 17153 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
14. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 10:17 AM HST · 17153 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
15. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 12:04 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
16. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 12:19 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
17. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 2:15 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
18. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 5:28 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
19. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 6:33 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
20. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 7:22 PM HST · 17153 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
21. 3.09 km NW of Kalaoa, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 8:14 PM HST · 17152 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
22. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 9:22 PM HST · 17152 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
23. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 11:19 PM HST · 17152 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
24. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 12:36 AM HST · 17152 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
25. 2.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 1:32 AM HST · 17152 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
26. 2.26 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 1:41 AM HST · 17152 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
27. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 2:08 AM HST · 17152 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
28. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 5:31 AM HST · 17152 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
29. 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 10:25 AM HST · 17152 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
30. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 12:03 PM HST · 17152 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
31. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 4:35 PM HST · 17152 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
32. 2.56 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 5:20 PM HST · 17152 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
33. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 8:26 PM HST · 17151 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
34. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 8:38 PM HST · 17151 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
35. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 12:06 AM HST · 17151 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
36. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 3:19 AM HST · 17151 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
37. 2.940 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 1:18 PM HST · 17151 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
38. 3.222 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 1:59 PM HST · 17151 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
39. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 2:01 PM HST · 17151 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
40. 3.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 7:57 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
41. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 1:15 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
42. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 2:25 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
43. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 3:02 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
44. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 3:55 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
45. 2.26 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 3:57 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
46. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 4:04 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
47. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 4:07 AM HST · 17150 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
48. 2.113 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 12:07 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
49. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 1:15 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
50. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 2:09 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
51. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 3:08 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
52. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 5:03 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
53. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 5:38 PM HST · 17150 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
54. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 8:35 PM HST · 17149 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
55. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 9:04 PM HST · 17149 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
56. 2.116 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 10:05 PM HST · 17149 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
57. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 10:40 PM HST · 17149 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
58. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 22, 12:21 AM HST · 17149 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
59. 2.111 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 22, 1:48 AM HST · 17149 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
60. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 22, 4:47 AM HST · 17149 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

1. 1.98 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 9:20 AM HST · 17155 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
2. 2.111 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 4:52 AM HST · 17155 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
3. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 4:49 AM HST · 17155 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
4. 1.611 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 3:04 AM HST · 17155 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
5. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 2:48 AM HST · 17155 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
6. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 1:44 AM HST · 17155 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
7. 1.612 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 9:12 PM HST · 17155 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
8. 1.616 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 5:15 PM HST · 17156 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
9. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 3:30 PM HST · 17156 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
10. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 11:46 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
11. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 10:32 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
12. 2.09 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 10:14 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
13. 2.3Hawaii region, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 9:43 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
14. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 7:44 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
15. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 6:35 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
16. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 5:32 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 2:06 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
18. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 1:41 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
19. 1.516 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 1:17 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
20. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 12:57 AM HST · 17156 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19793797. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.