M2.3 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, May 26, 1981, 10:59 AM HST

UTC

1981-05-26 20:59:49 UTC

Depth

1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.382° N, 155.281° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

58°

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. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 1:31 PM HST · 16562 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
2. 2.417 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 2:34 PM HST · 16562 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 1:16 AM HST · 16561 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.612 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 1:24 AM HST · 16561 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
5. 2.114 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 27, 3:33 AM HST · 16561 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
6. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 5:45 AM HST · 16561 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
7. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 27, 7:02 AM HST · 16561 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
8. 2.012 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 8:31 AM HST · 16561 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 2:18 PM HST · 16561 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
10. 1.929 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 3:55 PM HST · 16561 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
11. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 27, 4:46 PM HST · 16561 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
12. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 27, 11:02 PM HST · 16560 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 1:44 AM HST · 16560 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
14. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 28, 3:59 AM HST · 16560 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 7:11 AM HST · 16560 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
16. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 7:27 AM HST · 16560 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
17. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 8:11 AM HST · 16560 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.013 km NE of Pāhala, HIThu, May 28, 10:11 AM HST · 16560 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
19. 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 3:44 PM HST · 16560 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.117 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 28, 5:06 PM HST · 16560 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
21. 2.718 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 7:48 PM HST · 16560 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
22. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 28, 8:37 PM HST · 16560 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
23. 2.07 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 29, 12:22 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
24. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 29, 12:26 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
25. 2.411 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 29, 1:29 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
26. 2.720 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 29, 1:37 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
27. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 29, 2:15 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
28. 1.916 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 29, 8:40 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
29. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 29, 9:40 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
30. 2.118 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 29, 9:48 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 29, 9:49 AM HST · 16559 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
32. 2.016 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 29, 3:31 PM HST · 16559 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
33. 2.215 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 29, 8:21 PM HST · 16559 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
34. 2.614 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiFri, May 29, 9:24 PM HST · 16559 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
35. 2.613 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 30, 3:35 AM HST · 16558 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
36. 1.915 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 30, 6:28 AM HST · 16558 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
37. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 30, 8:48 PM HST · 16558 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
38. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 30, 9:17 PM HST · 16558 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
39. 2.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 31, 5:06 AM HST · 16557 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
40. 2.416 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 31, 6:04 AM HST · 16557 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
41. 2.614 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 31, 3:59 PM HST · 16557 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
42. 3.110 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 31, 5:25 PM HST · 16557 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
43. 2.920 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 31, 7:04 PM HST · 16557 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
44. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 31, 7:59 PM HST · 16557 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
45. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 31, 10:09 PM HST · 16557 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
46. 1.914 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jun 1, 12:09 AM HST · 16556 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
47. 2.58 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jun 1, 3:56 AM HST · 16556 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
48. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jun 1, 12:05 PM HST · 16556 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
49. 2.713 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jun 1, 3:21 PM HST · 16556 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
50. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jun 1, 3:32 PM HST · 16556 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
51. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jun 1, 9:03 PM HST · 16556 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
52. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 3:25 AM HST · 16555 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
53. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 5:37 AM HST · 16555 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
54. 3.317 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 10:24 AM HST · 16555 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
55. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 4:03 PM HST · 16555 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
56. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 4:04 PM HST · 16555 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
57. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 9:19 PM HST · 16555 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
58. 2.416 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 9:38 PM HST · 16555 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
59. 1.718 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jun 2, 9:43 PM HST · 16555 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
60. 3.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jun 3, 1:55 AM HST · 16554 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 201.

Before

1. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 10:13 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 4:51 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 4:26 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.612 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 2:32 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.616 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 2:08 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
6. 2.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 1:21 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.515 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 26, 1:11 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
8. 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 26, 12:10 AM HST · 16562 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.336 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 11:45 PM HST · 16562 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
10. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 10:35 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
11. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 25, 10:31 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.314 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 9:14 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
13. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 8:10 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
14. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 3:57 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
15. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 1:36 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
16. 2.711 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 1:21 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, May 25, 1:16 PM HST · 16563 days ago · -2 km deep · 36 km away
18. 2.06 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 25, 1:09 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
19. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, May 25, 12:56 PM HST · 16563 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 25, 11:54 AM HST · 16563 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19811933. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.