M2.2 earthquake 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 9, 1969, 8:20 PM GMT-10 (06:20 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1969-04-10 06:20:04 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.377° N, 155.266° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20994 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20993 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.130 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20993 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20993 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20993 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.218 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20993 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20992 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20992 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20991 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.026 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20990 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20990 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20990 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.814 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 20990 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20990 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20990 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20989 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20989 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.225 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20988 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.523 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20988 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.710 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20987 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.38 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20987 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20987 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20987 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20987 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.420 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20986 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.718 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20986 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.234 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20986 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.45 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20985 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.422 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20985 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20985 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20985 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20985 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20985 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.416 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20984 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20984 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20984 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20983 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.916 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20983 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.122 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20983 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.416 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20983 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.141 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20981 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20980 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.511 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20979 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.548 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20979 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.33 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20979 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.420 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20978 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20978 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.420 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20978 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.222 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20978 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20978 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.416 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20978 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 20977 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20977 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20977 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20976 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20976 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20976 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20976 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20976 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20975 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20994 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.426 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20995 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20995 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20995 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20997 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.16 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20997 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20998 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20998 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20998 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20998 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20998 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20998 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20999 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20999 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20999 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20999 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.120 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21000 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21001 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21001 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21001 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19690549. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.