Hawaii earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jul 19, 1980, 9:08 AM HST (19:08 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1980-07-19 19:08:09 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.324° N, 155.168° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
28

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 198 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16875 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16874 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.311 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16874 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16874 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.09 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16873 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16873 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16873 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16872 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16872 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.817 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.525 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16871 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16870 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16870 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.126 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16870 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.224 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16870 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16870 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.913 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16870 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.514 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16869 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.33 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16868 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16868 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 2.214 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 2.717 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 3.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 2.915 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16867 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16866 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16865 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 2.412 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.313 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 3.125 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16876 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.417 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16877 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16877 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.09 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16877 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16877 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.324 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.126 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.59 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.116 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 2.716 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16878 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19802016. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.