M1.5 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Nov 12, 1981, 6:29 AM HST

UTC

1981-11-12 16:29:12 UTC

Depth

6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.324° N, 155.181° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

97°

Stations used

28

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast14 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast356 kmSE

After

1. 2.812 km E of H?lualoa, HawaiiThu, Nov 12, 12:13 PM HST · 16392 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
2. 1.91 km WSW of Honalo, HawaiiThu, Nov 12, 3:25 PM HST · 16392 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 13, 2:00 AM HST · 16391 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
4. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 13, 2:51 PM HST · 16391 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
5. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 13, 5:38 PM HST · 16391 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.612 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 13, 8:11 PM HST · 16391 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
7. 2.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 14, 12:13 AM HST · 16390 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.222 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 14, 6:44 AM HST · 16390 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
9. 2.34 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 14, 9:56 AM HST · 16390 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
10. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 4:04 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 5:25 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.18 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 7:39 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
13. 2.99 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 8:23 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.78 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 9:03 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
15. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 9:22 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
16. 2.68 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 9:23 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
17. 1.88 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 9:37 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
18. 1.79 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 9:59 PM HST · 16389 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
19. 1.67 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 10:04 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
20. 1.78 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 15, 11:40 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
21. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 1:52 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
22. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 2:08 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
23. 3.49 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 2:26 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
24. 2.19 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 3:44 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
25. 2.89 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 4:36 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
26. 1.88 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 5:15 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
27. 2.28 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 7:18 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
28. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 7:20 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
29. 2.09 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 11:24 AM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
30. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 12:04 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
31. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 12:06 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
32. 1.92 km S of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 2:41 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
33. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 5:22 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
34. 1.513 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 5:35 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
35. 1.516 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 5:39 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
36. 2.18 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 5:47 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
37. 1.69 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 5:50 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
38. 3.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 7:10 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
39. 1.59 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 9:03 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
40. 1.78 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 16, 9:08 PM HST · 16388 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
41. 2.49 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 12:20 AM HST · 16387 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
42. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 4:18 AM HST · 16387 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
43. 2.013 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 6:50 AM HST · 16387 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
44. 2.50 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 9:33 AM HST · 16387 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
45. 2.39 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 10:40 AM HST · 16387 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
46. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 6:10 PM HST · 16387 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
47. 2.38 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 7:42 PM HST · 16387 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
48. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 17, 11:08 PM HST · 16386 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
49. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 1:18 AM HST · 16386 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
50. 2.69 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 4:20 AM HST · 16386 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
51. 2.413 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 7:09 AM HST · 16386 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
52. 2.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 10:29 AM HST · 16386 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
53. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 11:05 AM HST · 16386 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
54. 2.19 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 11:24 AM HST · 16386 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
55. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 12:39 PM HST · 16386 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
56. 3.618 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 18, 10:29 PM HST · 16385 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
57. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 19, 3:10 AM HST · 16385 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
58. 2.68 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Nov 19, 10:02 AM HST · 16385 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
59. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Nov 19, 10:58 AM HST · 16385 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
60. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 19, 1:48 PM HST · 16385 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 12, 2:53 AM HST · 16392 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
2. 3.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 10:36 PM HST · 16392 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 10:03 PM HST · 16392 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
4. 1.79 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 9:23 PM HST · 16393 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
5. 1.813 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 7:36 PM HST · 16393 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
6. 1.915 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 12:15 PM HST · 16393 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
7. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 10:19 AM HST · 16393 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
8. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 6:01 AM HST · 16393 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
9. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 1:31 AM HST · 16393 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
10. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 11, 1:29 AM HST · 16393 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
11. 2.317 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 8:31 PM HST · 16394 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
12. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 3:25 PM HST · 16394 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
13. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 1:55 PM HST · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
14. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 10:21 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
15. 1.817 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 6:16 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
16. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 5:05 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
17. 2.423 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 4:16 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
18. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 4:11 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
19. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 4:01 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 10, 3:48 AM HST · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19813708. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC.