M2.1 earthquake 15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Dec 27, 1968, 9:48 PM GMT-10

UTC

1968-12-28 07:48:37 UTC

Depth

2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.415° N, 155.375° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

141°

Stations used

16

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmWSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast46 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast334 kmSE

After

1. 3.015 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Dec 29, 7:50 AM GMT-10 · 21086 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
2. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 30, 10:48 PM GMT-10 · 21084 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 1, 10:46 AM GMT-10 · 21083 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
4. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 2, 6:06 AM GMT-10 · 21082 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
5. 2.822 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 3, 1:53 AM GMT-10 · 21081 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
6. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 3, 5:53 PM GMT-10 · 21080 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
7. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 2:02 PM GMT-10 · 21079 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
8. 3.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 5:25 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
9. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 6:31 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
10. 3.316 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 6:31 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
11. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 5, 10:24 PM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
12. 2.418 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 6, 7:59 AM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
13. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 6, 9:54 AM GMT-10 · 21078 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
14. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 6, 2:07 PM GMT-10 · 21077 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 7, 7:59 AM GMT-10 · 21077 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
16. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 7, 1:26 PM GMT-10 · 21077 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 7, 11:28 PM GMT-10 · 21076 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
18. 3.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 8, 2:00 PM GMT-10 · 21076 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
19. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 9, 1:20 PM GMT-10 · 21075 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
20. 2.710 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 9, 5:25 PM GMT-10 · 21074 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
21. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 6:50 AM GMT-10 · 21074 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
22. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 1:14 PM GMT-10 · 21074 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
23. 2.017 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 2:29 PM GMT-10 · 21073 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
24. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 10, 10:38 PM GMT-10 · 21073 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
25. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 11, 12:55 PM GMT-10 · 21073 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
26. 2.211 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 1:34 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
27. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 2:05 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
28. 2.332 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 7:22 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
29. 2.52 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jan 12, 11:06 AM GMT-10 · 21072 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
30. 2.425 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Jan 13, 12:50 AM GMT-10 · 21071 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
31. 2.324 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 13, 6:30 PM GMT-10 · 21070 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
32. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 5:21 AM GMT-10 · 21070 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
33. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 8:10 AM GMT-10 · 21070 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
34. 2.723 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 5:21 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
35. 2.423 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 5:35 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
36. 3.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 9:37 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
37. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 14, 9:58 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
38. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 15, 2:40 AM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
39. 2.417 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 15, 3:31 AM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
40. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 15, 11:56 AM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
41. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 15, 1:50 PM GMT-10 · 21069 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
42. 2.317 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 15, 3:45 PM GMT-10 · 21068 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
43. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 15, 5:27 PM GMT-10 · 21068 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
44. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 16, 12:02 AM GMT-10 · 21068 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
45. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 16, 12:03 AM GMT-10 · 21068 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
46. 3.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 16, 7:48 AM GMT-10 · 21068 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
47. 2.616 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 16, 10:50 AM GMT-10 · 21068 days ago · 42 km deep · 26 km away
48. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 16, 2:24 PM GMT-10 · 21067 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
49. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 1:18 AM GMT-10 · 21067 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
50. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 3:12 AM GMT-10 · 21067 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
51. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 12:42 PM GMT-10 · 21067 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
52. 2.528 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 11:19 PM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
53. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 11:25 PM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
54. 3.317 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 5:55 AM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
55. 2.511 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 9:24 AM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
56. 2.322 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 9:43 AM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
57. 2.417 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 10:12 AM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
58. 2.337 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 10:27 AM GMT-10 · 21064 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
59. 2.228 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 4:07 PM GMT-10 · 21063 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
60. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 4:55 PM GMT-10 · 21063 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 3.311 km S of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Dec 27, 5:12 PM GMT-10 · 21087 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19681665. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC.