Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, May 15, 1980, 3:39 AM HST (13:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 14 km W of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1980-05-15 13:39:15 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.312° N, 155.220° 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
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
37

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. 2.117 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · -2 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.19 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.424 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · -3 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16897 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 1.726 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.112 km S of Waimea, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.46 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.814 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 1.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16896 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.814 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.72 km NNW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.51 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 2.09 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.56 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16895 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16894 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16894 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16893 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16893 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16893 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16893 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16893 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 1.72 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 16892 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16892 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16892 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.711 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 2.714 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.09 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 3.410 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 3.310 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  57. 2.112 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 16891 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.326 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16890 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 3.224 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 16890 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16890 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 198.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19801464. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC.