M2.1 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jan 25, 1981, 3:26 AM HST (13:26 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 16 km SE 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-01-25 13:26:14 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.303° N, 155.216° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.111 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.89 km E of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.116 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.117 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.45 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.924 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16682 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16680 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16680 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16680 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.485 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16680 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16680 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16683 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16684 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16684 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16684 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19810340. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC.