Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Dec 17, 1979, 1:00 PM HST (23:00 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-12-17 23:00:30 UTC
Depth
2.5 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.381° N, 155.238° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
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: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.315 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.315 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.718 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.612 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17041 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.428 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.724 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17040 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  25. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.836 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.613 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 3.013 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17039 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 1.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 3.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  38. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.112 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.113 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17038 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 1.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 3.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 2.212 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.913 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17037 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 1.88 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 17036 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17036 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 17036 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 17036 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 17036 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 17036 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 198.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794673. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.