M2.7 earthquake 19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Dec 15, 1968, 12:07 AM GMT-10

UTC

1968-12-15 10:07:12 UTC

Depth

-0.0 km (-0.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.265° N, 155.211° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

190°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

20

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast20 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast44 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast357 kmSE

After

1. 4.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 16, 4:33 PM GMT-10 · 21098 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
2. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 16, 4:37 PM GMT-10 · 21098 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 16, 10:18 PM GMT-10 · 21098 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
4. 3.017 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 19, 12:41 AM GMT-10 · 21096 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
5. 3.617 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 19, 10:16 PM GMT-10 · 21095 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
6. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 19, 10:18 PM GMT-10 · 21095 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 20, 1:42 AM GMT-10 · 21095 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 20, 3:26 PM GMT-10 · 21094 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
9. 2.315 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 21, 10:30 AM GMT-10 · 21093 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
10. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 21, 5:35 PM GMT-10 · 21093 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 22, 7:39 PM GMT-10 · 21092 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.522 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 22, 11:28 PM GMT-10 · 21092 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.617 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 23, 1:09 AM GMT-10 · 21092 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
14. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 23, 3:37 AM GMT-10 · 21092 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.06 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 23, 4:03 PM GMT-10 · 21091 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
16. 2.620 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 23, 4:49 PM GMT-10 · 21091 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
17. 2.318 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 24, 11:59 AM GMT-10 · 21090 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
18. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 24, 5:44 PM GMT-10 · 21090 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.82 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Dec 24, 8:32 PM GMT-10 · 21090 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
20. 2.217 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 25, 4:28 AM GMT-10 · 21090 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
21. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 27, 11:30 AM GMT-10 · 21087 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
22. 3.311 km S of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Dec 27, 5:12 PM GMT-10 · 21087 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
23. 2.115 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 27, 9:48 PM GMT-10 · 21087 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
24. 3.015 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Dec 29, 7:50 AM GMT-10 · 21086 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
25. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 30, 10:48 PM GMT-10 · 21084 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
26. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 1, 10:46 AM GMT-10 · 21082 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
27. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 2, 6:06 AM GMT-10 · 21082 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
28. 2.822 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 3, 1:53 AM GMT-10 · 21081 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
29. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 3, 5:53 PM GMT-10 · 21080 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
30. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 2:02 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
31. 3.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 5:25 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
32. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 6:31 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
33. 3.316 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 6:31 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
34. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 10:24 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
35. 2.418 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 6, 7:59 AM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
36. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 6, 9:54 AM GMT-10 · 21077 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 6, 2:07 PM GMT-10 · 21077 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
38. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 7, 7:59 AM GMT-10 · 21077 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
39. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 7, 1:26 PM GMT-10 · 21076 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
40. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 7, 11:28 PM GMT-10 · 21076 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
41. 3.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 8, 2:00 PM GMT-10 · 21075 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
42. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 9, 1:20 PM GMT-10 · 21074 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
43. 2.710 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 9, 5:25 PM GMT-10 · 21074 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
44. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 6:50 AM GMT-10 · 21074 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
45. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 1:14 PM GMT-10 · 21073 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
46. 2.017 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 2:29 PM GMT-10 · 21073 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
47. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 10:38 PM GMT-10 · 21073 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
48. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 11, 12:55 PM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
49. 2.211 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 1:34 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
50. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 2:05 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
51. 2.332 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 7:22 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
52. 2.52 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 11:06 AM GMT-10 · 21071 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
53. 2.425 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Jan 13, 12:50 AM GMT-10 · 21071 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
54. 2.324 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 13, 6:30 PM GMT-10 · 21070 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
55. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 5:21 AM GMT-10 · 21070 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
56. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 8:10 AM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
57. 2.723 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 5:21 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
58. 2.423 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 5:35 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
59. 3.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 9:37 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
60. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 9:58 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

1. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 14, 1:38 AM GMT-10 · 21101 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
2. 2.319 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 13, 9:28 PM GMT-10 · 21101 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.811 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Dec 13, 3:25 PM GMT-10 · 21101 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
4. 2.523 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 11, 2:08 PM GMT-10 · 21103 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
5. 3.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 10, 7:40 PM GMT-10 · 21104 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
6. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 8, 6:51 AM GMT-10 · 21107 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
7. 3.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Dec 8, 5:09 AM GMT-10 · 21107 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
8. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 7, 10:11 AM GMT-10 · 21107 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 7, 4:09 AM GMT-10 · 21108 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
10. 3.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Dec 6, 7:38 PM GMT-10 · 21108 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
11. 3.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 4, 11:17 AM GMT-10 · 21110 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
12. 2.69 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Dec 3, 1:10 PM GMT-10 · 21111 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
13. 2.217 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 3, 9:38 AM GMT-10 · 21111 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
14. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 3, 6:01 AM GMT-10 · 21112 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
15. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 2, 9:47 PM GMT-10 · 21112 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
16. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 2, 10:41 AM GMT-10 · 21112 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
17. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 2, 10:38 AM GMT-10 · 21112 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.86 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiMon, Dec 2, 10:31 AM GMT-10 · 21112 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
19. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 1, 5:57 PM GMT-10 · 21113 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
20. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 30, 6:19 PM GMT-10 · 21114 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19681595. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC.