Hawaii earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Nov 22, 1979, 2:37 PM HST (00:37 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-11-23 00:37:28 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.387° N, 155.248° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
10

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. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17064 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.89 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17063 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 1.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.50 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 1.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 2.19 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17062 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.114 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.33 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 2.413 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 2.218 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17061 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17060 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17059 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17059 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17059 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  57. 2.316 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17059 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.411 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17059 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17058 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17058 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794460. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC.