Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Mar 28, 1968, 12:30 AM GMT-10 (10:30 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 20 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-03-28 10:30:02 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.367° N, 155.403° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21361 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.622 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21361 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21361 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21361 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21360 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21360 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21359 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.317 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21357 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21356 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 3.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21356 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.35 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.417 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.831 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.610 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 21353 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.93 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21353 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.113 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 21352 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21352 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.418 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21350 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 4.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 3.15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.55 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.818 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21348 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21347 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 2.221 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21347 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21347 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 2.413 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 3.05 km SW of Puako, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 3.37 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21344 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.46 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21344 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21343 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.66 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21342 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.416 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21342 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.813 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21342 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 3.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21341 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.319 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21336 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.421 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21334 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 4.32 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21331 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 3.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21331 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.50 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21330 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.615 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 21329 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21329 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21328 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.819 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21326 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21323 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21323 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21323 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21320 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 2.318 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21363 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.412 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21364 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21365 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.520 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21365 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.733 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21365 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21365 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.521 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 21365 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21366 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21366 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.410 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.822 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.914 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21367 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21368 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21368 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21370 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.015 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21370 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.49 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21371 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680375. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.