M3.3 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jan 5, 1969, 6:31 PM GMT-10 (04:31 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 17 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1969-01-06 04:31:26 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.297° N, 155.229° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.01
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21069 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.417 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21069 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.317 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.616 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 21068 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21067 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21067 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21067 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21066 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.528 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.511 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.322 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.337 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21064 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.228 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21063 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21063 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21062 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21062 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21062 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.411 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21062 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21061 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21060 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.320 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21060 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 21060 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.69 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21060 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21059 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21059 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21058 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21058 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21058 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.112 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21057 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 21057 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21056 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.620 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21056 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21055 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21055 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.720 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21055 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21054 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.011 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21054 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21053 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Kea‘au, Hawaii · 21053 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.717 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21051 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21050 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.115 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21050 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.918 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21050 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21050 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21049 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.53 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21049 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21049 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21049 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21049 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21048 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.940 km SSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 21048 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19690010. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:20 AM UTC.