Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Nov 20, 1979, 3:46 AM HST (13:46 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 19 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-11-20 13:46:58 UTC
Depth
2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.381° N, 155.241° 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
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
111°
Stations used
17

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

  1. 2.719 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17067 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.37 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.113 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17066 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.126 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.424 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17065 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  27. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 3.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.826 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 2.11 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 3.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  34. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  37. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 2.17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  46. 2.89 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 1.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 2.50 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.19 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794425. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.