M2.5 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Dec 10, 1966, 3:01 AM GMT-10 (13:01 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 12 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1966-12-10 13:01:27 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.282° N, 155.209° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 260°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.112 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21834 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.74 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21834 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21832 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.47 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21831 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.823 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21830 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.64 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 21828 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21822 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21821 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21820 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21815 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21814 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21814 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21814 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21814 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.817 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21814 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21812 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21812 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21812 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21811 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.621 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 21809 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21808 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21808 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21807 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21807 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.33 km ESE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 21807 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.919 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 21807 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.916 km SSE of Fern Forest, HI · 21805 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21805 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21805 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.611 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21805 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21804 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21804 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.829 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21803 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21802 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.813 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21800 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.013 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21799 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21796 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21793 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21793 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21791 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21791 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.321 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21791 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.415 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21791 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.119 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21790 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21790 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.711 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21789 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21789 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 21787 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.715 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21787 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.621 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21786 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.430 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21786 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.51 km SSW of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21786 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21785 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21784 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.215 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21782 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.018 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21782 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21781 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.925 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21781 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.627 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21781 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.826 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21781 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 3.37 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 21836 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.921 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21836 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.827 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21837 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21837 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21839 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21839 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21840 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21843 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21843 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.512 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.97 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21846 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.521 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21851 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21852 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19660495. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.