M2.5 earthquake 11 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Apr 14, 1981, 6:29 AM HST (16:29 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-04-14 16:29:32 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.360° N, 155.298° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.414 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.211 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.115 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.710 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.917 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16604 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.312 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.65 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16603 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.012 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16602 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.22 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.85 km NW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.012 km SW of P?hoa, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.111 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16601 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.512 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.314 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.919 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16600 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.211 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16605 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.016 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.614 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.618 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 16606 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16607 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.416 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16607 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16607 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.623 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.414 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16608 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19811486. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC.