Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jan 7, 1968, 2:24 PM GMT-10 (00:24 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 24 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-01-08 00:24:32 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.393° N, 155.252° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.524 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.819 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.619 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.322 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.515 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 3.115 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.317 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 3.734 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.632 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.735 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.717 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.411 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 3.27 km SSW of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21436 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 3.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21435 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 3.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21434 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 2.25 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21433 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 3.312 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21433 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 2.515 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21428 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21427 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21427 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.920 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.917 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 3.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 2.318 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.417 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21424 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21422 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21421 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 3.86 km NE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 21421 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21421 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21419 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21419 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 3.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 2.88 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.831 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.510 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.723 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21444 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.518 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 21444 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.420 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21445 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21445 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21447 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21447 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21448 days ago · 29 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21449 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.514 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21449 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21450 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 3.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21452 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21453 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21454 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21454 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.224 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21455 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21455 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21455 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21457 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680037. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC.