Hawaii earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Apr 5, 1969, 1:38 PM GMT-10 (23:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-04-05 23:38:07 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.397° N, 155.407° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
14

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

  1. 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20954 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.21 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.916 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.618 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.642 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.15 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20953 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20952 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.218 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20952 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20952 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20952 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.49 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20952 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20951 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20951 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20951 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.57 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20950 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.618 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20950 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20950 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.55 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20950 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20950 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20950 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20949 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20949 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.44 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20948 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.85 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20948 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20948 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20948 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 3.14 km NW of Honomu, Hawaii · 20948 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 3.97 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.86 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.39 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.420 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.610 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 2.216 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20947 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20946 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 3.115 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 20946 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.311 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20945 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20945 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.121 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20944 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20944 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20944 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  44. 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.219 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.45 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.63 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 1.89 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 1.82 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.114 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20943 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.123 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20942 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19690533. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.