M1.9 earthquake 11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Dec 18, 1979, 2:36 PM HST

UTC

1979-12-19 00:36:22 UTC

Depth

8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.338° N, 155.214° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

68°

Stations used

29

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 2.19 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 4:48 PM HST · 17089 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
2. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 6:10 PM HST · 17089 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 7:04 PM HST · 17089 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
4. 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 7:12 PM HST · 17089 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 9:22 PM HST · 17089 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
6. 2.916 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 1:52 AM HST · 17088 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
7. 1.812 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 4:02 AM HST · 17088 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
8. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 4:06 AM HST · 17088 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
9. 1.922 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 7:55 AM HST · 17088 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
10. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 8:57 AM HST · 17088 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.36 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 1:55 PM HST · 17088 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 3:07 PM HST · 17088 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.012 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 5:23 PM HST · 17088 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
14. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 6:25 PM HST · 17088 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
15. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 7:47 PM HST · 17088 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
16. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 19, 11:25 PM HST · 17088 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
17. 2.26 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 12:33 AM HST · 17087 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
18. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 2:28 AM HST · 17087 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
19. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 3:43 AM HST · 17087 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
20. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 3:45 AM HST · 17087 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
21. 2.116 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 2:02 PM HST · 17087 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
22. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 3:54 PM HST · 17087 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
23. 2.413 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 4:32 PM HST · 17087 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 9:13 PM HST · 17087 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
25. 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 20, 11:37 PM HST · 17087 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
26. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 12:19 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
27. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 12:27 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
28. 2.24 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 2:57 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
29. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 7:40 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
30. 1.813 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 8:19 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
31. 2.17 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 9:16 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
32. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 10:52 AM HST · 17086 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
33. 2.313 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, Dec 21, 11:03 PM HST · 17086 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
34. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Dec 22, 5:10 AM HST · 17085 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
35. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 22, 12:06 PM HST · 17085 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
36. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 22, 1:39 PM HST · 17085 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
37. 1.916 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 22, 4:37 PM HST · 17085 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
38. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 22, 4:40 PM HST · 17085 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
39. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 22, 9:08 PM HST · 17085 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
40. 2.37 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 12:39 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
41. 2.217 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 1:04 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
42. 3.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 1:06 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
43. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 1:07 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
44. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 1:29 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
45. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 1:31 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
46. 2.411 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 1:52 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
47. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 3:34 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
48. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 3:45 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
49. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 5:26 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
50. 3.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 5:54 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
51. 2.0Hawaii region, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 6:26 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
52. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 6:35 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
53. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 7:18 AM HST · 17084 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
54. 2.418 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 2:51 PM HST · 17084 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
55. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 3:16 PM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
56. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 3:16 PM HST · 17084 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
57. 2.915 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 4:26 PM HST · 17084 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Dec 23, 9:08 PM HST · 17084 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
59. 3.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 24, 1:44 AM HST · 17083 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
60. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Dec 24, 8:06 AM HST · 17083 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 11:17 AM HST · 17089 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 10:03 AM HST · 17089 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 9:51 AM HST · 17089 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
4. 2.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 7:43 AM HST · 17089 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.014 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiTue, Dec 18, 2:34 AM HST · 17089 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 11:03 PM HST · 17090 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 7:29 PM HST · 17090 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
8. 2.36 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 1:00 PM HST · 17090 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
9. 1.811 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 10:14 AM HST · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
10. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 9:56 AM HST · 17090 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
11. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 17, 9:44 AM HST · 17090 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
12. 3.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 11:44 PM HST · 17091 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 11:44 PM HST · 17091 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
14. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 7:22 PM HST · 17091 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
15. 3.112 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 6:11 PM HST · 17091 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
16. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 12:31 PM HST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
17. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 6:28 AM HST · 17091 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.112 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 5:21 AM HST · 17091 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.21 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 2:14 AM HST · 17091 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
20. 2.78 km SSW of Captain Cook, HawaiiSun, Dec 16, 1:56 AM HST · 17091 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19794683. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.