Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, May 2, 1969, 8:56 PM GMT-10 (06:56 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1969-05-03 06:56:29 UTC
Depth
0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.405° N, 155.278° 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, 0.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
11

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 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20971 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20971 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.78 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.610 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20970 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 3.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.329 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.325 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.026 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.13 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20969 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 1.915 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20968 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20968 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20968 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.96 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20968 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20968 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20967 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20967 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.420 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20967 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.05 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20967 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 2.33 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 20966 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.420 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.215 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 4.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.94 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 3.018 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.319 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.219 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 1.919 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 2.119 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20965 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.618 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 3.215 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.120 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 2.519 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 2.12 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20964 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 2.21 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.916 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 2.618 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.642 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.15 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20963 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20962 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 2.218 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20962 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 2.18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20962 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20962 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20972 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20972 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20972 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20973 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20973 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20973 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20973 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20973 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 1.94 km WSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.95 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.54 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.122 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.226 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.612 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 1.85 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20974 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19690668. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:41 PM UTC.