M2.1 earthquake 18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Dec 4, 1979, 12:04 AM HST

UTC

1979-12-04 10:04:16 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.423° N, 155.413° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

43°

Stations used

31

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast19 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast48 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmSE

After

1. 2.64 km NE of Kalaoa, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 1:01 AM HST · 17106 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
2. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 9:02 AM HST · 17105 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 4, 10:03 AM HST · 17105 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
4. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 2:14 AM HST · 17105 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
5. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 8:03 AM HST · 17104 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
6. 2.714 km SW of Waikoloa, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 11:01 AM HST · 17104 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
7. 3.513 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 12:05 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
8. 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 3:24 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
9. 3.922 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 3:32 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
10. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 3:39 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
11. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 3:53 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.122 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 5:12 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 5, 9:47 PM HST · 17104 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 2:24 AM HST · 17104 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
15. 1.913 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 7:33 AM HST · 17103 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
16. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 12:26 PM HST · 17103 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
17. 2.220 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 5:26 PM HST · 17103 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
18. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 6, 8:55 PM HST · 17103 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
19. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 12:06 AM HST · 17103 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
20. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 12:23 AM HST · 17103 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
21. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 5:49 AM HST · 17102 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
22. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 8:53 AM HST · 17102 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
23. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 11:55 AM HST · 17102 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
24. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 12:49 PM HST · 17102 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
25. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 1:19 PM HST · 17102 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
26. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 9:38 PM HST · 17102 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
27. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 7, 9:47 PM HST · 17102 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
28. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 4:09 AM HST · 17102 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
29. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 4:51 AM HST · 17102 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
30. 2.419 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 6:40 AM HST · 17101 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
31. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 8:52 AM HST · 17101 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
32. 1.617 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 9:18 AM HST · 17101 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
33. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 8, 7:51 PM HST · 17101 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
34. 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 9, 6:12 AM HST · 17100 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
35. 1.914 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Dec 9, 9:19 AM HST · 17100 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
36. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 9, 7:09 PM HST · 17100 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
37. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 9, 11:44 PM HST · 17100 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
38. 2.123 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 2:59 AM HST · 17100 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
39. 2.117 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 4:57 PM HST · 17099 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
40. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 10, 11:07 PM HST · 17099 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
41. 2.749 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 6:38 AM HST · 17098 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
42. 2.510 km W of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 10:58 AM HST · 17098 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
43. 2.211 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 2:42 PM HST · 17098 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
44. 1.912 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 3:17 PM HST · 17098 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
45. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 6:47 PM HST · 17098 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
46. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 9:17 PM HST · 17098 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
47. 2.212 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 11, 9:25 PM HST · 17098 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
48. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 2:07 AM HST · 17098 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
49. 1.624 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 4:36 AM HST · 17098 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
50. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 8:06 AM HST · 17097 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
51. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 10:48 AM HST · 17097 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
52. 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 12:44 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
53. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 1:59 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
54. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 2:38 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
55. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 4:43 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
56. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 5:40 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
57. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 5:45 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
58. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 12, 6:24 PM HST · 17097 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
59. 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 2:04 AM HST · 17097 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
60. 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 13, 4:36 AM HST · 17097 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

1. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 10:04 PM HST · 17106 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
2. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 5:41 PM HST · 17106 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
3. 2.56 km E of Kealakekua, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 5:32 PM HST · 17106 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
4. 2.224 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 11:22 AM HST · 17106 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.112 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 7:59 AM HST · 17106 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
6. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 3, 6:25 AM HST · 17106 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
7. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Dec 2, 4:35 AM HST · 17108 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 2, 2:45 AM HST · 17108 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
9. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 8:15 PM HST · 17108 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
10. 2.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 6:53 PM HST · 17108 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
11. 2.010 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Dec 1, 4:12 PM HST · 17108 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
12. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 11:33 PM HST · 17109 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
13. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 7:26 PM HST · 17109 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
14. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 1:21 PM HST · 17109 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
15. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 11:41 AM HST · 17109 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
16. 3.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 10:15 AM HST · 17109 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 4:34 AM HST · 17110 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
18. 1.57 km WSW of Kalaoa, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 4:34 AM HST · 17110 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
19. 1.60 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 4:25 AM HST · 17110 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
20. 3.01 km WNW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiFri, Nov 30, 12:55 AM HST · 17110 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794569. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC.