M2.2 earthquake 20 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Sep 3, 1980, 9:43 AM HST (19:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 10 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-09-03 19:43:27 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.490° N, 155.427° 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
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16785 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.210 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16785 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16785 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16784 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.39 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16784 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.521 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16784 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16783 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16783 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.217 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16783 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16783 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.522 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16783 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.417 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16783 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16782 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.118 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16782 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16782 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16782 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16782 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16781 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16781 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.03 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16781 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 16781 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16781 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16781 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16780 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.718 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16780 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16780 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.93 km N of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 16780 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.718 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16780 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16779 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16779 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16779 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16779 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16779 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16779 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16778 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16778 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16778 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16778 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16778 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16778 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16777 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16777 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16777 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16777 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16776 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16776 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16776 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16776 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16776 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.930 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16776 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16775 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16775 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16775 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.56 km W of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16775 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16775 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16775 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16774 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16774 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16774 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16774 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19802613. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.