Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 1 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Sep 25, 1968, 4:04 PM GMT-10 (02:04 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-09-26 02:04:54 UTC
Depth
23.9 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.436° N, 155.245° 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, 1.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21180 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21180 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21180 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21179 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.89 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21179 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21178 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21178 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21178 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 3.118 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21178 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21178 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.94 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21177 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.514 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21177 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21176 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21176 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.517 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21175 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21174 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21174 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21174 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21174 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21173 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21173 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21172 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.418 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21171 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 3.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21171 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21170 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.59 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21170 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21170 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21170 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 2.010 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 1.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 2.510 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.811 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.19 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.412 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.411 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 2.16 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21169 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 1.89 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 1.812 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.52 km NE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.57 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.79 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 1.810 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.119 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.010 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 2.011 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21168 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.425 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21181 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.322 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21182 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21182 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.56 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21183 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21184 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.49 km NE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 21184 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21184 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.113 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 21185 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.413 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21187 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21190 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.017 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21191 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21191 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21192 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21194 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.816 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21195 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.416 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21196 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21198 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.54 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21198 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.30 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21199 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.90 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21199 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19681053. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.