Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 22 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 22 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Jan 8, 1968, 7:01 PM GMT-10 (05:01 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km E of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-01-09 05:01:42 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.235° N, 155.230° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.515 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 3.115 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.317 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21441 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 3.734 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.632 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.735 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 3.717 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.411 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21440 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 3.27 km SSW of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21439 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21437 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 3.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21435 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 3.115 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21435 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.25 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21434 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 3.312 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21434 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21431 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21430 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 2.515 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21429 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21428 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21427 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.920 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21427 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 1.917 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 3.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 2.318 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.417 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21426 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21425 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21423 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21422 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21421 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21420 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21419 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21419 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 1.917 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 3.816 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21418 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.88 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.812 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 3.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21417 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 2.425 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21416 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 1.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21415 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21415 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21414 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 1.91 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21414 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 2.513 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21413 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 148.

Before

  1. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.619 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.819 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21442 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.524 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21443 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.831 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21444 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.510 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21444 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.723 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21444 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.518 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 21445 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.420 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21445 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21446 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21448 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21448 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21449 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21449 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680075. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.