M1.9 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, May 15, 1982, 9:14 AM HST

UTC

1982-05-15 19:14:58 UTC

Depth

1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.395° 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

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

82°

Stations used

17

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast7 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 15, 9:15 AM HST · 16207 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
2. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 15, 11:11 AM HST · 16207 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
3. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 15, 2:26 PM HST · 16207 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.817 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 15, 11:24 PM HST · 16207 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
5. 1.513 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 15, 11:57 PM HST · 16207 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
6. 2.07 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, May 16, 3:54 AM HST · 16206 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
7. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 16, 8:29 AM HST · 16206 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
8. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, May 16, 1:26 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
9. 2.27 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, May 16, 1:55 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
10. 2.213 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 16, 2:34 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
11. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 16, 5:00 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.811 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 16, 7:55 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
13. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 16, 8:14 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
14. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 16, 9:29 PM HST · 16206 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 4:21 AM HST · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
16. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 6:15 AM HST · 16205 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
17. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 6:23 AM HST · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
18. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 12:13 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
19. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 12:58 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
20. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, May 17, 3:11 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
21. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 5:21 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
22. 2.23 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 17, 9:05 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
23. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 17, 9:11 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
24. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, May 17, 10:25 PM HST · 16205 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
25. 1.915 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 6:06 AM HST · 16204 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
26. 1.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 11:07 AM HST · 16204 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
27. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 11:31 AM HST · 16204 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
28. 1.58 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 2:12 PM HST · 16204 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
29. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 18, 5:08 PM HST · 16204 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
30. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 18, 9:24 PM HST · 16204 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
31. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 9:36 PM HST · 16204 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
32. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 18, 11:53 PM HST · 16204 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
33. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 12:05 AM HST · 16204 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
34. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 12:21 AM HST · 16204 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
35. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 19, 7:39 AM HST · 16203 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
36. 1.510 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, May 19, 5:47 PM HST · 16203 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
37. 2.727 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 20, 3:38 AM HST · 16202 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
38. 2.320 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 4:43 AM HST · 16202 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
39. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 6:11 AM HST · 16202 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
40. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 11:14 AM HST · 16202 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
41. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 11:14 AM HST · 16202 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
42. 3.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 21, 1:42 PM HST · 16201 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
43. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 2:54 PM HST · 16201 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
44. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 5:44 PM HST · 16201 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
45. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 5:57 PM HST · 16201 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
46. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 10:32 PM HST · 16201 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
47. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 11:25 PM HST · 16201 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
48. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 2:38 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
49. 2.113 km W of Kalaoa, HawaiiSat, May 22, 3:04 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
50. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 8:32 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
51. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 8:50 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
52. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 12:15 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
53. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 2:09 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
54. 1.627 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, May 22, 9:45 PM HST · 16200 days ago · -3 km deep · 35 km away
55. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 12:15 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
56. 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 23, 3:48 AM HST · 16199 days ago · -1 km deep · 36 km away
57. 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 23, 4:21 AM HST · 16199 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
58. 1.915 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 8:04 AM HST · 16199 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
59. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 9:06 AM HST · 16199 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
60. 2.521 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 10:58 AM HST · 16199 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 3.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 15, 5:09 AM HST · 16207 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
2. 2.44 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, May 15, 4:22 AM HST · 16207 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
3. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 15, 3:42 AM HST · 16207 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
4. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 15, 2:58 AM HST · 16207 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 14, 9:40 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
6. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 14, 5:11 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
7. 2.421 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiFri, May 14, 4:55 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
8. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 14, 2:28 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 14, 2:06 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
10. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 14, 2:03 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 14, 12:35 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
12. 1.616 km SSE of Volcano, HIFri, May 14, 12:33 PM HST · 16208 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
13. 3.13 km NW of Puako, HawaiiFri, May 14, 6:31 AM HST · 16208 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
14. 4.83 km NW of Puako, HawaiiFri, May 14, 6:26 AM HST · 16208 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
15. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 14, 12:39 AM HST · 16209 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
16. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 13, 8:28 PM HST · 16209 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
17. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 13, 5:58 PM HST · 16209 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
18. 1.916 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, May 13, 5:28 PM HST · 16209 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
19. 1.84 km E of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, May 13, 3:12 PM HST · 16209 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
20. 1.88 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, May 13, 9:01 AM HST · 16209 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19821218. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.