M2.0 earthquake 16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 9, 1981, 9:37 PM HST (07:37 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-11-10 07:37:08 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.298° N, 155.270° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.01
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 188 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.423 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.317 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16393 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16393 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16393 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16393 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16393 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.915 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16393 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.812 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Honalo, Hawaii · 16392 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16391 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16391 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16390 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16390 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16390 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16390 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16390 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.18 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.78 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.88 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.49 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.19 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.89 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.28 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.92 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 16388 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16387 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 16387 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.413 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16395 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16395 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16395 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16395 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.528 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16395 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.710 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16396 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.117 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16397 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16397 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.915 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16397 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16397 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16397 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.221 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16397 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16398 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19813680. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.