Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jan 13, 1966, 6:37 AM GMT-10 (16:37 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 6 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1966-01-13 16:37:10 UTC
Depth
-0.9 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.318° N, 155.293° W
Region
Hawaii
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
209°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.48 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22166 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.96 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22165 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.613 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22162 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22161 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.121 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22160 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 3.021 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22159 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.415 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22158 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 4.46 km WSW of Honalo, Hawaii · 22158 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.02 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22154 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.53 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22153 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.40 km ENE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22152 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22152 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22152 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 3.53 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22149 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22147 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.621 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22146 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 3.02 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22140 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22139 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22139 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22138 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.226 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22138 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.617 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22137 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 3.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22136 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 2.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22136 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22136 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 2.312 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22136 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 2.57 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22135 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 3.216 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22135 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22135 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.325 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22133 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22132 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.316 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22130 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 3.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22129 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 2.910 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22129 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 4.02 km SSW of Waimea, Hawaii · 22127 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22127 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22126 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22126 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22125 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 3.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22124 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22122 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.411 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 22121 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 4.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22120 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 3.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22119 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.426 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22117 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 2.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22116 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.49 km W of Honomu, Hawaii · 22115 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 3.93 km SW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22111 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 2.715 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22109 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22109 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 3.127 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22108 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.34 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22167 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.717 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22167 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.420 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22168 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 3.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22169 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.79 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22169 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22170 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.440 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22170 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22171 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.624 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22171 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.224 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.213 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.86 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22174 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.423 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22174 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.834 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22175 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.535 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22175 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22175 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 3.430 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22178 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22179 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.714 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22179 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19660025. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.