M1.8 earthquake 14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Feb 7, 1981, 2:55 AM HST (12:55 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-07 12:55:59 UTC
- Depth
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.337° N, 155.323° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 13
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 197 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.712 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.522 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.414 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16670 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.912 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.415 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.411 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.627 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.626 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.329 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.214 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.916 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.927 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.312 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16669 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.113 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.415 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.613 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.115 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.113 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.614 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16667 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.416 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16671 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16672 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16672 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16672 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16672 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 16673 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19810491. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.