M2.0 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Apr 28, 1981, 7:28 PM HST

UTC

1981-04-29 05:28:41 UTC

Depth

2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.385° 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

46°

Stations used

17

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast8 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 12:40 AM HST · 16591 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
2. 2.011 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 1:51 AM HST · 16591 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
3. 1.514 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 6:40 AM HST · 16591 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 6:41 AM HST · 16591 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 9:23 AM HST · 16591 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.012 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 10:45 AM HST · 16591 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
7. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 2:49 PM HST · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.211 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 5:39 PM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
9. 1.914 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 10:41 PM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
10. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 29, 11:35 PM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
11. 2.58 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 12:50 AM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
12. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 1:15 AM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
13. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 1:18 AM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
14. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 1:52 AM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
15. 2.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 7:14 AM HST · 16590 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
16. 2.010 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 8:52 AM HST · 16590 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.312 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 12:56 PM HST · 16590 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 3:50 PM HST · 16589 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
19. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 4:01 PM HST · 16589 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
20. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 4:47 PM HST · 16589 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
21. 2.15 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 7:59 PM HST · 16589 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
22. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 9:28 PM HST · 16589 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
23. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 30, 11:27 PM HST · 16589 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
24. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 1, 7:44 PM HST · 16588 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
25. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 1, 8:32 PM HST · 16588 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
26. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 1, 8:39 PM HST · 16588 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
27. 1.727 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, May 1, 9:11 PM HST · 16588 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
28. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 1, 11:05 PM HST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
29. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 1, 11:23 PM HST · 16588 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
30. 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 2, 1:27 AM HST · 16588 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
31. 1.624 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 2, 2:27 AM HST · 16588 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
32. 3.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 2, 2:36 AM HST · 16588 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
33. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 2, 4:24 AM HST · 16588 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
34. 3.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 2, 7:10 AM HST · 16588 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
35. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 2, 6:06 PM HST · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
36. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 2, 6:10 PM HST · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
37. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 3, 12:42 AM HST · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
38. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 3, 1:02 AM HST · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
39. 1.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 3, 2:07 AM HST · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
40. 2.521 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 3, 6:36 AM HST · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
41. 2.114 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 3, 2:05 PM HST · 16587 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
42. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 3, 2:56 PM HST · 16587 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
43. 2.614 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 3, 3:56 PM HST · 16586 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
44. 2.22 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 3, 5:50 PM HST · 16586 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
45. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 3, 6:56 PM HST · 16586 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
46. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 3, 7:46 PM HST · 16586 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
47. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 4, 2:09 AM HST · 16586 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
48. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 4, 3:04 AM HST · 16586 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
49. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 4, 3:14 AM HST · 16586 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
50. 2.58 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 4, 6:43 AM HST · 16586 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
51. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 4, 1:46 PM HST · 16586 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
52. 2.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 4, 1:50 PM HST · 16586 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
53. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 4, 4:51 PM HST · 16585 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
54. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 4, 10:15 PM HST · 16585 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
55. 2.413 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 5, 1:13 AM HST · 16585 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
56. 2.514 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 5, 1:14 AM HST · 16585 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
57. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 5, 1:49 AM HST · 16585 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
58. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 5, 2:06 AM HST · 16585 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
59. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 5, 2:16 AM HST · 16585 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
60. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 5, 3:12 AM HST · 16585 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.47 km SSW of Hilo, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 5:56 PM HST · 16591 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
2. 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 2:51 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
3. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 1:52 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 1:12 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
5. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 1:05 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 12:23 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
7. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 12:23 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
8. 2.212 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 10:42 AM HST · 16592 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
9. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 8:50 AM HST · 16592 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
10. 3.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 8:46 AM HST · 16592 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 28, 7:09 AM HST · 16592 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
12. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 9:23 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
13. 3.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 6:08 PM HST · 16592 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
14. 2.019 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 1:10 PM HST · 16593 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.114 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 12:22 PM HST · 16593 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
16. 3.519 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 11:29 AM HST · 16593 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
17. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 9:24 AM HST · 16593 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
18. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 9:22 AM HST · 16593 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 8:46 AM HST · 16593 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
20. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Apr 27, 5:19 AM HST · 16593 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19811638. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC.