Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Nov 28, 1968, 3:40 PM GMT-10 (01:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 16 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

Volcano forecastMore in Hawaii

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1968-11-29 01:40:19 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.404° N, 155.413° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
219°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21117 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.316 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21117 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21116 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21116 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21116 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21116 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21115 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.118 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21115 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21115 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21114 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.86 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21113 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21113 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21113 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21113 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21112 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21112 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.69 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21112 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21111 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21109 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21108 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21108 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21107 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21107 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 3.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21105 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.523 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21104 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.811 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21102 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21102 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21102 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  29. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21101 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 4.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21099 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21099 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21099 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 3.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21097 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 3.617 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21096 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21096 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21096 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 2.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21095 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 2.315 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21094 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21094 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21093 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.522 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21093 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.617 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21093 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21092 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.06 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21092 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.620 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21092 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 2.318 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21091 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21091 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.82 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21091 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21090 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21088 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 3.311 km S of Waimea, Hawaii · 21088 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 2.115 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21088 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 3.015 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 21086 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21085 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21083 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21082 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.822 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21082 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21081 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21079 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 3.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21079 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21117 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21117 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21118 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.015 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21119 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.310 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 21119 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.936 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21120 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.715 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 21120 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21123 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.927 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21123 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21124 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.430 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21125 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21125 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.013 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21125 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.928 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21126 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21126 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 3.610 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21126 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.429 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21127 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 4.238 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21127 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21127 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.911 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 21127 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away

Earthquakes todayHawaii earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19681528. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.