M1.9 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Jul 22, 1981, 4:17 PM HST

UTC

1981-07-23 02:17:09 UTC

Depth

5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.320° N, 155.206° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

90°

Stations used

33

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast14 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 7:06 PM HST · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
2. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 10:42 PM HST · 16507 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 10:56 PM HST · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
4. 3.041 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 1:38 AM HST · 16507 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
5. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 2:26 AM HST · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 3:44 AM HST · 16507 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
7. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 5:47 AM HST · 16507 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 6:50 AM HST · 16507 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
9. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 1:22 PM HST · 16506 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
10. 2.66 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 6:27 PM HST · 16506 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
11. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 8:22 PM HST · 16506 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
12. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 11:44 PM HST · 16506 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 8:24 AM HST · 16506 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
14. 2.921 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 11:37 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
15. 1.620 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 11:42 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
16. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 4:24 PM HST · 16505 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
17. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 8:04 PM HST · 16505 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
18. 2.65 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 8:40 PM HST · 16505 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 11:04 PM HST · 16505 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 12:04 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
21. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 12:57 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
22. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:23 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
23. 1.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:24 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
24. 1.69 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 4:33 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
25. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 8:07 AM HST · 16505 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
26. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 2:09 PM HST · 16504 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
27. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 2:15 PM HST · 16504 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
28. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 2:32 PM HST · 16504 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
29. 1.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:58 PM HST · 16504 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
30. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 4:48 PM HST · 16504 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
31. 2.743 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 7:40 PM HST · 16504 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
32. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 12:47 AM HST · 16504 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
33. 2.26 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 3:11 AM HST · 16504 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
34. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 7:40 AM HST · 16504 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
35. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 7:43 AM HST · 16504 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
36. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 8:13 AM HST · 16504 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
37. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 11:52 AM HST · 16503 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
38. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 6:08 PM HST · 16503 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
39. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 1:44 AM HST · 16503 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
40. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 3:43 AM HST · 16503 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
41. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 8:47 AM HST · 16503 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
42. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 11:36 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
43. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 12:43 PM HST · 16502 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
44. 2.226 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 4:27 PM HST · 16502 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
45. 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 5:15 PM HST · 16502 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
46. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 6:54 PM HST · 16502 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
47. 1.913 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 9:51 PM HST · 16502 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 11:30 PM HST · 16502 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
49. 2.02 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 1:38 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
50. 1.712 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 3:56 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
51. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 5:33 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
52. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 5:33 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
53. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 7:55 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.09 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 8:22 AM HST · 16502 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
55. 4.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 10:00 AM HST · 16501 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
56. 3.416 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 10:18 AM HST · 16501 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
57. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 2:30 PM HST · 16501 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
58. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 5:02 PM HST · 16501 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 7:29 PM HST · 16501 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
60. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 9:14 PM HST · 16501 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 8:33 AM HST · 16508 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
2. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 6:10 AM HST · 16508 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
3. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 1:13 PM HST · 16508 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
4. 4.06 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 7:59 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
5. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 7:52 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 7:43 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 6:51 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
8. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 5:39 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 3:18 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
10. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 1:39 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
11. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 11:18 PM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 10:58 PM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
13. 1.99 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 8:50 PM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
14. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 7:56 PM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
15. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 3:54 PM HST · 16509 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
16. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 1:05 PM HST · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.710 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 9:22 AM HST · 16509 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
18. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 8:48 AM HST · 16510 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
19. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 8:43 AM HST · 16510 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 8:14 AM HST · 16510 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19812387. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC.