M2.1 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Fri, Mar 15, 1985, 12:50 PM HST

UTC

1985-03-15 22:50:05 UTC

Depth

8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.340° N, 155.185° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

78°

Stations used

41

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast36 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.217 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Mar 15, 5:49 PM HST · 15175 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
2. 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 16, 1:40 AM HST · 15175 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
3. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 16, 1:41 AM HST · 15175 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
4. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 16, 6:32 AM HST · 15175 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
5. 2.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Mar 16, 4:59 PM HST · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.819 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 16, 5:17 PM HST · 15174 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
7. 3.338 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 16, 9:26 PM HST · 15174 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
8. 2.09 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 17, 12:45 AM HST · 15174 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 17, 12:32 PM HST · 15173 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
10. 1.728 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 18, 10:49 AM HST · 15173 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
11. 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 18, 3:41 PM HST · 15172 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
12. 3.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 18, 3:55 PM HST · 15172 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
13. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 18, 7:58 PM HST · 15172 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
14. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 12:04 AM HST · 15172 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
15. 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 2:18 AM HST · 15172 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
16. 1.525 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 3:24 PM HST · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
17. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 4:12 PM HST · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
18. 2.3Hawaii region, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 4:37 PM HST · 15171 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
19. 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 5:01 PM HST · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
20. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 10:32 PM HST · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
21. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 20, 7:01 AM HST · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
22. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Mar 20, 3:50 PM HST · 15170 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
23. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 21, 1:25 AM HST · 15170 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
24. 2.120 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiThu, Mar 21, 2:31 PM HST · 15169 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
25. 2.413 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 21, 8:08 PM HST · 15169 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
26. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 6:43 PM HST · 15168 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
27. 2.84 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Mar 23, 12:56 AM HST · 15168 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
28. 2.217 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Mar 23, 2:09 AM HST · 15168 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
29. 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 2:38 AM HST · 15167 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
30. 2.53 km W of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 4:09 PM HST · 15166 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
31. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 4:26 PM HST · 15166 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
32. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 6:37 PM HST · 15166 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
33. 2.124 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 25, 5:53 AM HST · 15166 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
34. 2.418 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 25, 2:16 PM HST · 15165 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
35. 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 26, 12:14 AM HST · 15165 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
36. 2.719 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 26, 2:04 AM HST · 15165 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
37. 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Mar 26, 11:57 AM HST · 15164 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
38. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 27, 3:21 AM HST · 15164 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
39. 2.243 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 27, 9:16 AM HST · 15164 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
40. 2.110 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Mar 27, 1:26 PM HST · 15163 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
41. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Mar 27, 7:06 PM HST · 15163 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
42. 2.113 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 7:13 AM HST · 15163 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
43. 1.73 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 8:39 AM HST · 15163 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
44. 2.317 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 9:36 AM HST · 15163 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
45. 2.12 km SSW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 12:41 PM HST · 15162 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
46. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 6:15 PM HST · 15162 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
47. 3.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 29, 2:57 AM HST · 15162 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
48. 1.69 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 30, 1:42 AM HST · 15161 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
49. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 30, 7:20 AM HST · 15161 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
50. 3.58 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 30, 9:03 AM HST · 15161 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
51. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 31, 12:14 AM HST · 15160 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
52. 2.19 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 31, 2:10 AM HST · 15160 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
53. 3.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 31, 4:05 PM HST · 15159 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
54. 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Mar 31, 6:18 PM HST · 15159 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
55. 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 31, 8:39 PM HST · 15159 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
56. 1.920 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 1, 12:05 AM HST · 15159 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
57. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 1, 1:18 AM HST · 15159 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
58. 4.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 1, 11:31 AM HST · 15158 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
59. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 1, 6:00 PM HST · 15158 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
60. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Apr 1, 7:28 PM HST · 15158 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 2.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 15, 4:55 AM HST · 15176 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
2. 1.814 km W of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Mar 15, 4:32 AM HST · 15176 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
3. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 15, 12:46 AM HST · 15176 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 8:48 PM HST · 15176 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
5. 2.013 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 7:58 PM HST · 15176 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
6. 1.712 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 6:07 PM HST · 15176 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.010 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 4:23 PM HST · 15176 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
8. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 1:22 PM HST · 15176 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
9. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 9:38 AM HST · 15177 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
10. 1.95 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 7:34 AM HST · 15177 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
11. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 3:31 AM HST · 15177 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
12. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 3:22 AM HST · 15177 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
13. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 1:26 AM HST · 15177 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
14. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 13, 9:22 PM HST · 15177 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
15. 1.616 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 12, 12:30 PM HST · 15178 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
16. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 11, 4:01 PM HST · 15179 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
17. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 11, 1:00 PM HST · 15179 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
18. 1.912 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Mar 11, 12:52 PM HST · 15179 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
19. 3.416 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 11, 8:21 AM HST · 15180 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 10, 7:05 PM HST · 15180 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19850455. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.