M1.9 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Nov 26, 1981, 5:18 PM HST

UTC

1981-11-27 03:18:03 UTC

Depth

1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.386° N, 155.278° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

54°

Stations used

18

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast8 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 2.17 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 7:35 PM HST · 16379 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
2. 2.613 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 10:17 PM HST · 16379 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
3. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 27, 1:03 AM HST · 16379 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
4. 2.510 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 27, 6:54 AM HST · 16379 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
5. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 27, 1:53 PM HST · 16378 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
6. 2.58 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Nov 27, 8:04 PM HST · 16378 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
7. 2.58 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 3:54 AM HST · 16378 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
8. 3.39 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 9:17 AM HST · 16378 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
9. 2.59 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 9:33 AM HST · 16378 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
10. 2.37 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 12:04 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
11. 1.811 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 12:06 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
12. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 1:18 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
13. 2.59 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 5:37 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
14. 2.49 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 6:29 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 6:39 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
16. 2.711 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 10:57 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
17. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 11:53 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 28, 11:54 PM HST · 16377 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
19. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 29, 9:34 AM HST · 16377 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.48 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 29, 2:14 PM HST · 16376 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
21. 2.08 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 29, 2:54 PM HST · 16376 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
22. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 29, 8:20 PM HST · 16376 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
23. 2.012 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 29, 8:32 PM HST · 16376 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
24. 2.517 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 30, 9:35 AM HST · 16376 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
25. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 30, 4:13 PM HST · 16375 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
26. 3.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 30, 8:07 PM HST · 16375 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
27. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 30, 11:43 PM HST · 16375 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
28. 2.66 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 1, 3:10 AM HST · 16375 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
29. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 1, 8:33 AM HST · 16375 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
30. 2.911 km N of Puako, HawaiiTue, Dec 1, 9:11 PM HST · 16374 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
31. 2.115 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 2, 5:34 AM HST · 16374 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
32. 2.018 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 2, 11:09 AM HST · 16373 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
33. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 2, 12:42 PM HST · 16373 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
34. 2.412 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiWed, Dec 2, 8:09 PM HST · 16373 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
35. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 1:44 AM HST · 16373 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
36. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 4:57 AM HST · 16373 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.57 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 5:20 AM HST · 16373 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
38. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 7:23 AM HST · 16373 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
39. 2.69 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 10:58 AM HST · 16372 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
40. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 1:55 PM HST · 16372 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
41. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 3, 5:03 PM HST · 16372 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
42. 2.313 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 4, 7:35 AM HST · 16372 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
43. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 4, 12:22 PM HST · 16371 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
44. 2.99 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 4, 4:41 PM HST · 16371 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
45. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 12:07 AM HST · 16371 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
46. 2.114 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 12:34 AM HST · 16371 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
47. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 6:25 AM HST · 16371 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
48. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 6:25 AM HST · 16371 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
49. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 12:26 PM HST · 16370 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
50. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 1:34 PM HST · 16370 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
51. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 6, 9:54 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
52. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 6, 11:02 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
53. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 6, 9:47 PM HST · 16369 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
54. 2.624 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 2:59 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
55. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 4:04 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
56. 3.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 9:07 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
57. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 3:09 PM HST · 16368 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
58. 4.112 km NW of Kalaoa, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 5:39 PM HST · 16368 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
59. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 7:55 PM HST · 16368 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 11:12 PM HST · 16368 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 8:49 AM HST · 16380 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.911 km N of Puako, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 3:18 AM HST · 16380 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
3. 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 2:50 AM HST · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
4. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 1:16 AM HST · 16380 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.49 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Nov 26, 12:54 AM HST · 16380 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
6. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 25, 6:18 PM HST · 16380 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 25, 5:20 PM HST · 16380 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
8. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 25, 4:11 PM HST · 16380 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 25, 1:15 PM HST · 16380 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
10. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 25, 3:39 AM HST · 16381 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
11. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 24, 7:15 PM HST · 16381 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
12. 2.627 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 24, 5:05 PM HST · 16381 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
13. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 24, 5:03 PM HST · 16381 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
14. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 24, 10:55 AM HST · 16381 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
15. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 23, 9:49 PM HST · 16382 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
16. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 23, 6:22 PM HST · 16382 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
17. 2.89 km W of Kalaoa, HawaiiMon, Nov 23, 4:21 PM HST · 16382 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
18. 1.511 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 23, 3:45 PM HST · 16382 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
19. 2.59 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 23, 3:28 PM HST · 16382 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
20. 1.68 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 23, 2:44 PM HST · 16382 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19813823. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:22 AM UTC.