Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jul 12, 1969, 1:12 AM GMT-10 (11:12 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 18 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-07-12 11:12:06 UTC
Depth
0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.286° N, 155.215° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
273°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.213 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20890 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 4.312 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 20890 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20889 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20889 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.36 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.518 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20884 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 3.825 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 20883 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.117 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HI · 20881 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.133 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.914 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.921 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20880 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20880 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20880 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20879 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20879 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20877 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20877 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.313 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20873 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 2.618 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20873 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.012 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.618 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 3.016 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20870 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20870 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20870 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20870 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20869 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.122 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20869 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20868 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20868 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 2.618 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.319 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 1.819 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 3.45 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.019 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.120 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.211 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.410 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20864 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.422 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.53 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20891 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20892 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 3.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.222 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.019 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20893 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 3.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20894 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.323 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20895 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20896 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 3.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20897 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.318 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20898 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20898 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20899 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20899 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20900 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19691839. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.