Hawaii earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jul 12, 1980, 12:30 PM HST (22:30 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 10 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1980-07-12 22:30:13 UTC
Depth
1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.435° N, 155.405° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
22

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. 1.83 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 3.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.44 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 1.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 1.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 2.511 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 3.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 1.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16826 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19801973. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.