  Let $G$ be a locally compact group, and let $1\le p < \infty$. Consider the
weighted $L^p$-space $L^p(G,\omega)=\{f:\int|f\omega|^p<\infty\}$, where
$\omega:G\to \mathbb R$ is a positive measurable function. Under appropriate
conditions on $\omega$, $G$ acts on $L^p(G,\omega)$ by translations. When is
this action hypercyclic, that is, there is a function in this space such that
the set of all its translations is dense in $L^p(G,\omega)$? H. Salas (1995)
gave a criterion of hypercyclicity in the case $G=\mathbb Z$ . Under mild
assumptions, we present a corresponding characterization for a general locally
compact group $G$. Our results are obtained in a more general setting when the
translations only by a subset $S\subset G$ are considered.
