Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 25 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 25 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jun 16, 1966, 2:27 AM GMT-10 (12:27 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1966-06-16 12:27:29 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.439° N, 155.476° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22021 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22020 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.617 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22020 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.716 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22020 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.415 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22019 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.913 km NNE of Puako, Hawaii · 22018 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.515 km SSW of H?w?, Hawaii · 22018 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.54 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22018 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22017 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22013 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.418 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.717 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.416 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.619 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.811 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22010 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22009 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.720 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22008 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22007 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 3.913 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22007 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 2.58 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22005 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.714 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22005 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22004 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 3.05 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22004 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.722 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22003 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.421 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.54 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 3.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 3.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.59 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 2.717 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.615 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.423 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22001 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 2.314 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22001 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.527 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 22001 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22000 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21998 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 2.419 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21998 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.317 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21997 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 2.78 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21997 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.49 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21997 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.96 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21997 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.63 km NW of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21997 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 2.715 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21996 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 2.814 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21996 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.62 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.90 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 3.112 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21994 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21991 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 2.629 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22023 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22025 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.59 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22025 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.526 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22026 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.88 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22027 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.737 km W of Puako, Hawaii · 22029 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22031 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22032 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 3.023 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 22032 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22033 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.415 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22033 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22034 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22035 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22039 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22040 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.88 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22040 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.420 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22042 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22044 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22044 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.419 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22045 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19660201. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.