M1.9 earthquake 17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Apr 15, 1981, 11:46 PM HST

UTC

1981-04-16 09:46:01 UTC

Depth

7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.311° N, 155.330° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

97°

Stations used

23

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast18 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast49 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast345 kmSE

After

1. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 1:20 AM HST · 16607 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 3:27 AM HST · 16607 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
3. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 3:56 AM HST · 16607 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
4. 2.312 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 5:23 AM HST · 16607 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
5. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 6:57 AM HST · 16607 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
6. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 1:30 PM HST · 16607 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
7. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 8:17 PM HST · 16607 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
8. 2.65 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 16, 10:28 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.411 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 11:48 AM HST · 16606 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
10. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 12:36 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
11. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 5:31 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 6:55 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
13. 4.012 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 8:26 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
14. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 8:59 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 9:01 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
16. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 9:03 PM HST · 16606 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
17. 2.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Apr 17, 11:50 PM HST · 16605 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
18. 1.711 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 1:04 AM HST · 16605 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
19. 1.712 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 2:09 AM HST · 16605 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
20. 2.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 7:03 AM HST · 16605 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
21. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 7:46 AM HST · 16605 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
22. 2.3Hawaii region, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 10:49 AM HST · 16605 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
23. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 11:28 AM HST · 16605 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
24. 2.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 3:24 PM HST · 16605 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
25. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 4:11 PM HST · 16605 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
26. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 5:51 PM HST · 16605 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
27. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 6:34 PM HST · 16605 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
28. 2.22 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 6:58 PM HST · 16605 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
29. 2.85 km NW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 7:02 PM HST · 16605 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
30. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 9:12 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
31. 2.012 km SW of P?hoa, HawaiiSat, Apr 18, 10:54 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
32. 2.111 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 12:37 AM HST · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
33. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 3:36 AM HST · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
34. 2.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 4:13 AM HST · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
35. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 8:11 AM HST · 16604 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
36. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 9:22 AM HST · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
37. 2.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 1:04 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
38. 2.314 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 3:06 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
39. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 4:42 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
40. 2.411 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 5:33 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
41. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 5:48 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
42. 1.919 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 6:51 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
43. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 7:53 PM HST · 16604 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
44. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 19, 9:32 PM HST · 16603 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
45. 2.117 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 20, 12:00 PM HST · 16603 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
46. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 20, 12:20 PM HST · 16603 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
47. 3.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 2:04 AM HST · 16602 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 2:36 AM HST · 16602 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
49. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 4:47 AM HST · 16602 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
50. 2.113 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 9:00 AM HST · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
51. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 6:49 PM HST · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
52. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 7:33 PM HST · 16602 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
53. 1.812 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 8:07 PM HST · 16602 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
54. 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 21, 10:12 PM HST · 16601 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
55. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 22, 5:27 PM HST · 16601 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
56. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 22, 9:32 PM HST · 16600 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
57. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 22, 11:22 PM HST · 16600 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
58. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 23, 2:28 AM HST · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
59. 3.412 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 23, 3:44 AM HST · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
60. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 23, 6:35 AM HST · 16600 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 10:54 PM HST · 16607 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
2. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 10:43 PM HST · 16607 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
3. 1.711 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 4:08 PM HST · 16608 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
4. 1.710 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 3:09 PM HST · 16608 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 12:26 PM HST · 16608 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
6. 2.115 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 11:32 AM HST · 16608 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
7. 2.524 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 10:48 AM HST · 16608 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
8. 1.812 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 9:21 AM HST · 16608 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
9. 2.012 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 7:47 AM HST · 16608 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
10. 2.211 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 3:57 AM HST · 16608 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
11. 2.414 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 15, 2:34 AM HST · 16608 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.012 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 11:21 PM HST · 16608 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 9:17 PM HST · 16608 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
14. 2.114 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 9:12 PM HST · 16608 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
15. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 2:07 PM HST · 16609 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 1:55 PM HST · 16609 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
17. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 11:22 AM HST · 16609 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.511 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 6:29 AM HST · 16609 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.211 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 14, 3:29 AM HST · 16609 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
20. 2.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 13, 7:14 PM HST · 16610 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19811506. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC.