Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jun 18, 1966, 3:05 AM GMT-10 (13:05 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 15 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1966-06-18 13:05:00 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.321° N, 155.325° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
234°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.415 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22010 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.913 km NNE of Puako, Hawaii · 22009 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.54 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22009 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22008 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22004 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.418 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.717 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.416 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.619 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22002 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.811 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22001 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22000 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.720 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21999 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21998 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.913 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21998 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.58 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21996 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.714 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21996 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 3.05 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 21995 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.722 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21994 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.421 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.54 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 3.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 3.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.59 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 2.717 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.615 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21993 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.423 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21992 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.314 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21992 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.527 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21992 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21991 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21989 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.419 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21989 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.317 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21988 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 2.78 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21988 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.49 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21988 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.96 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21988 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 2.63 km NW of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21988 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.715 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21987 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.814 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21987 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 2.62 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21986 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21986 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.90 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21986 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21986 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 3.112 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 21986 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21985 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21982 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.523 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21981 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21981 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.65 km ENE of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii · 21981 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21981 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 2.517 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21980 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 2.617 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22011 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22012 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.625 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22013 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.629 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22014 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22016 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.59 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22016 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.526 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22017 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.88 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22017 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22022 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22023 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 3.023 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 22023 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22023 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.415 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22024 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22025 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 3.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22026 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22030 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22031 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.88 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22031 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 3.420 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22033 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19660205. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC.