Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jul 21, 1968, 8:19 PM GMT-10 (06:19 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 20 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-07-22 06:19:47 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.371° N, 155.269° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.720 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21246 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.312 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21246 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.621 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.715 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.313 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.819 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21245 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21244 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.416 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21244 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.110 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21244 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.013 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21243 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21243 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 1.920 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21242 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21242 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.812 km E of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 21242 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.516 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21242 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 1.918 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21241 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.79 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21241 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21241 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21241 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21241 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21240 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21239 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 3.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21239 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21239 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21239 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 3.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21239 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21239 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.212 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21238 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.46 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21238 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 3.19 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 21238 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.11 km S of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21238 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.827 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21238 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.315 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21237 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.731 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21237 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21237 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.619 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21237 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.615 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21237 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.911 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21236 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 4.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21236 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21236 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.413 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21236 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 2.525 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21236 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21236 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 3.016 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21235 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.922 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21235 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21235 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 4.015 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 21235 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.520 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21235 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21234 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21234 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 2.523 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21234 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 1.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21234 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.217 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21234 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 2.25 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21233 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 2.522 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.211 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.612 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21247 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21248 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.217 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21248 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.411 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21248 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.33 km SW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 21249 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21249 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.416 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21249 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21249 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21249 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.711 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21249 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21250 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.56 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21250 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21251 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.725 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21251 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21251 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.919 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21252 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680803. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.