M2.6 earthquake 0 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 0 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 19, 1979, 5:57 AM HST (15:57 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 19 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-11-19 15:57:58 UTC
- Depth
- 31.9 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.447° N, 155.239° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.319 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.719 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.37 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.126 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.424 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.826 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.11 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.89 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.50 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794413. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC.