Hawaii earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 16 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Mar 9, 1968, 4:58 PM GMT-10 (02:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-03-10 02:58:09 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.315° N, 155.158° 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, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.915 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21380 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21380 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21380 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.64 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 21380 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.619 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21380 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21378 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21377 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21377 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.413 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21373 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.811 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 21373 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.725 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 21373 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21372 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21372 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21372 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.316 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21371 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21370 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.49 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21370 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.015 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21370 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21370 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21368 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21368 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.914 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.822 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 21366 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.410 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21366 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21366 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21366 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.521 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.733 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.520 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.412 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.318 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21363 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21362 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21361 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.622 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21361 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21360 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21360 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21360 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21359 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21357 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21357 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.317 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21356 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21356 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 3.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.35 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 2.417 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.831 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.610 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 21353 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 2.93 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21353 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.113 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 21351 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21351 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 2.418 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21350 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21380 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21383 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21384 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.519 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21384 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.13 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21384 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21384 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.717 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21385 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.321 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21386 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21387 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21387 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.024 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21388 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.418 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21388 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.521 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21389 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21389 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.522 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21390 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21390 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.522 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21390 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.526 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21390 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.76 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21390 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.76 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21390 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680326. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.