M1.8 earthquake 27 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Mon, Jan 7, 1985, 4:28 PM HST

UTC

1985-01-08 02:28:47 UTC

Depth

7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.454° N, 155.491° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

45°

Stations used

33

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast27 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast52 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast321 kmSE

After

1. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 12:40 AM HST · 15243 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
2. 1.915 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 12:47 AM HST · 15243 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
3. 1.59 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 9:54 AM HST · 15243 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
4. 2.03 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 1:55 PM HST · 15243 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
5. 1.834 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:40 AM HST · 15242 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
6. 1.935 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:41 AM HST · 15242 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
7. 2.135 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:45 AM HST · 15242 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
8. 1.936 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 4:27 AM HST · 15242 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
9. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 8:55 AM HST · 15242 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
10. 2.253 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 3:38 PM HST · 15242 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
11. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 8:19 PM HST · 15242 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
12. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 9:48 PM HST · 15242 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
13. 3.041 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 1:39 AM HST · 15241 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
14. 3.638 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 6:54 AM HST · 15241 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
15. 3.135 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 7:00 AM HST · 15241 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
16. 3.437 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 7:17 AM HST · 15241 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
17. 2.026 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 3:53 PM HST · 15241 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
18. 1.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 9:20 PM HST · 15241 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
19. 1.813 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 1:31 AM HST · 15240 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.013 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 4:05 AM HST · 15240 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
21. 1.62 km ESE of Fern Acres, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 1:20 AM HST · 15239 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
22. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 11:53 AM HST · 15239 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
23. 2.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 14, 1:40 AM HST · 15237 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
24. 2.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 14, 7:25 AM HST · 15237 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
25. 3.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 11:39 AM HST · 15236 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
26. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 2:24 PM HST · 15236 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
27. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 2:57 PM HST · 15236 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
28. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 5:22 PM HST · 15236 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
29. 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 6:02 PM HST · 15236 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
30. 2.416 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 7:24 PM HST · 15236 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
31. 2.222 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 16, 9:37 AM HST · 15235 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
32. 1.617 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 16, 11:05 AM HST · 15235 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
33. 2.116 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 16, 12:35 PM HST · 15235 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
34. 1.825 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 16, 10:10 PM HST · 15235 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
35. 1.610 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jan 16, 10:40 PM HST · 15235 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
36. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jan 17, 12:09 AM HST · 15234 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
37. 2.016 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 17, 7:05 PM HST · 15234 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
38. 1.99 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 17, 9:54 PM HST · 15234 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
39. 1.825 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 18, 8:29 AM HST · 15233 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
40. 1.819 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 18, 10:39 AM HST · 15233 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
41. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 1:26 AM HST · 15232 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
42. 1.823 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 4:34 AM HST · 15232 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
43. 1.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 5:34 AM HST · 15232 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
44. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 11:21 AM HST · 15232 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
45. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 4:50 PM HST · 15232 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
46. 2.025 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 11:19 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
47. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 19, 11:23 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
48. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 12:10 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
49. 1.815 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 1:42 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
50. 1.62 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 4:15 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
51. 1.79 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 5:03 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
52. 1.614 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 5:40 PM HST · 15231 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
53. 2.52 km ESE of Hala‘ula, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 10:58 PM HST · 15230 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
54. 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 3:13 AM HST · 15230 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
55. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 7:17 AM HST · 15230 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
56. 2.445 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 8:40 AM HST · 15230 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
57. 3.541 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 8:52 AM HST · 15230 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
58. 2.641 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 8:55 AM HST · 15230 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
59. 1.916 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 10:53 AM HST · 15230 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
60. 1.921 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 21, 12:04 PM HST · 15230 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

1. 1.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 7, 5:57 AM HST · 15244 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.010 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 7, 12:47 AM HST · 15244 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
3. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 6, 11:22 PM HST · 15244 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
4. 1.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 6, 5:01 PM HST · 15245 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
5. 3.018 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 6, 9:38 AM HST · 15245 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
6. 1.612 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 9:55 PM HST · 15246 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
7. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 7:17 PM HST · 15246 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
8. 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 3:20 PM HST · 15246 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
9. 2.211 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 10:57 AM HST · 15246 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
10. 2.70 km S of Kealakekua, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 2:05 AM HST · 15246 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
11. 2.712 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 1:16 AM HST · 15246 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
12. 1.79 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 10:23 PM HST · 15247 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
13. 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 6:20 PM HST · 15247 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
14. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 4, 2:29 AM HST · 15247 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
15. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 11:19 PM HST · 15247 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
16. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 10:55 PM HST · 15247 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
17. 2.018 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 8:16 PM HST · 15248 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
18. 2.817 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 6:18 PM HST · 15248 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
19. 1.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 3, 10:14 AM HST · 15248 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.39 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 10:48 PM HST · 15249 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19850044. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC.