Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 8 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jul 3, 1969, 9:47 AM GMT-10 (19:47 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-07-03 19:47:47 UTC
Depth
-1.0 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.364° N, 155.227° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
287°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20899 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20898 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.318 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20898 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 3.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20897 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20896 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.323 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20896 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 3.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.019 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.222 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 3.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20892 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20892 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.53 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20892 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.422 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20892 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 3.213 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 3.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 4.312 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 20890 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20890 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20889 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20887 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.36 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.518 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 3.825 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 20883 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 3.117 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HI · 20882 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.133 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20882 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 1.914 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 2.921 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20879 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20879 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20878 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20878 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.313 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20877 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20877 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.618 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20873 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.012 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20872 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20872 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20872 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.07 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 3.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20901 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20902 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.320 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20903 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.09 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 20903 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20903 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.118 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 20903 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.817 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20904 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20904 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20904 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20904 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.54 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20904 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20905 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20905 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20905 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20905 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19691737. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.