Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Dec 13, 1979, 11:22 PM HST (09:22 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-12-14 09:22:58 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.358° N, 155.249° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.413 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17044 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 3.426 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 3.47 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.09 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 3.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17043 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17042 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 1.72 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 2.211 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 2.315 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.315 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 1.718 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.612 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 2.428 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.724 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794643. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.