M1.9 earthquake 11 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Dec 12, 1981, 1:25 PM HST

UTC

1981-12-12 23:25:27 UTC

Depth

7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.340° N, 155.212° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.03

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

68°

Stations used

33

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 3.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 12, 6:23 PM HST · 16363 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.723 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 13, 1:40 AM HST · 16362 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 13, 3:22 AM HST · 16362 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
4. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 13, 4:32 AM HST · 16362 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
5. 3.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 13, 2:20 PM HST · 16362 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
6. 2.310 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 14, 3:45 AM HST · 16361 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 14, 10:38 AM HST · 16361 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
8. 2.016 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 14, 5:18 PM HST · 16361 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
9. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 14, 10:46 PM HST · 16360 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 15, 4:41 AM HST · 16360 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
11. 3.118 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 15, 2:11 PM HST · 16360 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 15, 5:40 PM HST · 16360 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
13. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 15, 9:28 PM HST · 16360 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
14. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 15, 9:30 PM HST · 16360 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 16, 3:44 AM HST · 16359 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
16. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 16, 4:48 AM HST · 16359 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
17. 2.013 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 16, 4:53 AM HST · 16359 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
18. 2.63 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Dec 16, 9:23 AM HST · 16359 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
19. 1.614 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 16, 10:30 AM HST · 16359 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
20. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 16, 8:21 PM HST · 16359 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
21. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 17, 8:43 PM HST · 16358 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
22. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 18, 3:08 AM HST · 16357 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
23. 1.514 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiFri, Dec 18, 6:45 AM HST · 16357 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
24. 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 18, 9:19 AM HST · 16357 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
25. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 5:42 AM HST · 16356 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
26. 1.916 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 10:37 AM HST · 16356 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
27. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 12:30 PM HST · 16356 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
28. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 12:31 PM HST · 16356 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
29. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 5:36 PM HST · 16356 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
30. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 7:10 PM HST · 16356 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
31. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 19, 11:06 PM HST · 16355 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
32. 3.215 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 5:08 AM HST · 16355 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
33. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 5:09 AM HST · 16355 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
34. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 6:37 AM HST · 16355 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
35. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 7:44 AM HST · 16355 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
36. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 8:26 AM HST · 16355 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
37. 1.515 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 10:08 AM HST · 16355 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
38. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 20, 1:03 PM HST · 16355 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
39. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 21, 6:13 AM HST · 16354 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
40. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 21, 5:24 PM HST · 16354 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
41. 3.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 21, 7:15 PM HST · 16354 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
42. 1.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 21, 8:37 PM HST · 16354 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
43. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 21, 9:07 PM HST · 16354 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
44. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 22, 12:56 AM HST · 16353 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
45. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 6:54 AM HST · 16352 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
46. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 7:25 AM HST · 16352 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
47. 2.812 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 8:00 AM HST · 16352 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
48. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 11:27 AM HST · 16352 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
49. 2.511 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 3:18 PM HST · 16352 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
50. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 3:48 PM HST · 16352 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
51. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 4:15 PM HST · 16352 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
52. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 10:00 PM HST · 16352 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
53. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 23, 10:00 PM HST · 16352 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
54. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 1:01 AM HST · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
55. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 1:21 AM HST · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
56. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 1:32 AM HST · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
57. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 2:09 AM HST · 16351 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 6:05 AM HST · 16351 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.011 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 2:37 PM HST · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
60. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 24, 6:19 PM HST · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 1.614 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 12, 3:03 AM HST · 16363 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
2. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 11, 11:17 AM HST · 16364 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
3. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 11, 1:46 AM HST · 16364 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
4. 1.612 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 10, 1:58 AM HST · 16365 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 9, 12:37 PM HST · 16366 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
6. 1.916 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 9, 5:03 AM HST · 16366 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
7. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 9, 12:03 AM HST · 16366 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
8. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Dec 8, 11:06 PM HST · 16366 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
9. 2.417 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 8, 8:06 AM HST · 16367 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.412 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Dec 8, 1:12 AM HST · 16367 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
11. 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 11:12 PM HST · 16367 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
12. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 7:55 PM HST · 16368 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
13. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 3:09 PM HST · 16368 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
14. 3.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 9:07 AM HST · 16368 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 4:04 AM HST · 16368 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
16. 2.624 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Dec 7, 2:59 AM HST · 16368 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
17. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 6, 9:47 PM HST · 16369 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
18. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 6, 11:02 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
19. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 6, 9:54 AM HST · 16369 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 5, 1:34 PM HST · 16370 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19813896. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:57 PM UTC.