M1.8 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jun 2, 1981, 9:19 PM HST (07:19 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 16 km SW of Leilani Estates, 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
- 1981-06-03 07:19:57 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.312° N, 155.223° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.416 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.621 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.017 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16554 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.232 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.020 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.814 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.413 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16553 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16552 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16552 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16552 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16552 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16551 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16550 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16549 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16549 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.510 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16549 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16549 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16549 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16549 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.818 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.037 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16548 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.226 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16547 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16547 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.06 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16546 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16546 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16546 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 201.
Before
- 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16555 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16556 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16556 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.713 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16556 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16556 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16556 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.914 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16556 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.920 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.110 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.614 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16557 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16558 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16558 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19811994. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.