M1.6 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Mon, Feb 2, 1981, 12:01 PM HST

UTC

1981-02-02 22:01:06 UTC

Depth

1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.382° N, 155.279° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

65°

Stations used

13

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast8 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast344 kmSE

After

1. 2.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 2, 6:41 PM HST · 16676 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
2. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 2, 7:42 PM HST · 16676 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
3. 2.511 km SW of P?hoa, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 5:32 AM HST · 16676 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
4. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 1:48 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
5. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 1:52 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
6. 2.46 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 7:00 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
7. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 7:35 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
8. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 9:31 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.56 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 9:46 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 9:49 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
11. 1.78 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 11:24 PM HST · 16675 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
12. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 12:16 AM HST · 16675 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 3:08 AM HST · 16675 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
14. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 6:59 AM HST · 16675 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 8:10 AM HST · 16675 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
16. 1.513 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 11:23 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
17. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 2:01 PM HST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
18. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 8:46 PM HST · 16674 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 4, 11:02 PM HST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
20. 3.28 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 12:04 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
21. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 12:46 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
22. 2.011 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 3:02 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
23. 1.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 3:33 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
24. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 4:36 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
25. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 6:24 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
26. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 7:30 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
27. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 8:39 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
28. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 9:29 AM HST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
29. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 10:59 AM HST · 16673 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
30. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 11:58 AM HST · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
31. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 12:54 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
32. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 1:27 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
33. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 3:52 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
34. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 5:29 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
35. 2.618 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 5:44 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
36. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 9:32 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
37. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 5, 10:21 PM HST · 16673 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
38. 2.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 6, 6:11 AM HST · 16673 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
39. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 6, 3:31 PM HST · 16672 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
40. 2.416 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 6, 10:11 PM HST · 16672 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
41. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 2:05 AM HST · 16672 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
42. 1.814 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 2:55 AM HST · 16672 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
43. 1.712 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 3:49 AM HST · 16672 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
44. 2.514 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 12:23 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
45. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 2:09 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
46. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 5:20 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
47. 1.522 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 5:35 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
48. 2.414 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 6:52 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
49. 2.27 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 7:06 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
50. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 7, 10:30 PM HST · 16671 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
51. 1.616 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 1:54 AM HST · 16671 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
52. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 1:56 AM HST · 16671 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
53. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 2:53 AM HST · 16671 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
54. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 3:01 AM HST · 16671 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
55. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 9:53 AM HST · 16671 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
56. 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 1:25 PM HST · 16670 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
57. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 6:03 PM HST · 16670 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
58. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 6:07 PM HST · 16670 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
59. 2.912 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 8:03 PM HST · 16670 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
60. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 8, 10:39 PM HST · 16670 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

1. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 2, 5:42 AM HST · 16677 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.87 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiMon, Feb 2, 4:32 AM HST · 16677 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
3. 3.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 2, 1:03 AM HST · 16677 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.411 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 11:48 PM HST · 16677 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 5:06 PM HST · 16677 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 1:46 PM HST · 16677 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
7. 1.915 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 8:12 AM HST · 16678 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
8. 3.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 7:42 AM HST · 16678 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.12 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 2:56 AM HST · 16678 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
10. 1.72 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 2:47 AM HST · 16678 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
11. 1.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 8:58 PM HST · 16678 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 3:12 PM HST · 16678 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
13. 1.611 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 1:36 PM HST · 16678 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
14. 1.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 4:22 AM HST · 16679 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
15. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 7:46 PM HST · 16679 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
16. 1.913 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 6:05 PM HST · 16679 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
17. 1.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 3:51 PM HST · 16679 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
18. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 2:41 PM HST · 16679 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
19. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 12:51 PM HST · 16679 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
20. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 12:32 PM HST · 16679 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19810443. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.