M2.0 earthquake 18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jul 22, 1969, 11:35 PM GMT-10 (09:35 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1969-07-23 09:35:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.280° N, 155.255° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 240°, 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: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20879 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20879 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20878 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20878 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.313 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20877 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20877 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20876 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20874 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20873 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.012 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20872 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20872 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20872 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.618 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.016 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20871 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20870 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20870 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20869 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.122 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20869 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20869 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20868 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.618 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20868 days ago · -1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.319 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20868 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.819 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 20868 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20867 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.45 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 20866 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.019 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.120 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.211 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.23 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.241 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20865 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20864 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20863 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.817 km W of Volcano, HI · 20863 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.426 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20862 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20862 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20861 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20861 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.918 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 20861 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20860 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20860 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20859 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.024 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20858 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.826 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20857 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.218 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20857 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.011 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20856 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.218 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20856 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.317 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20855 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.824 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20855 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20853 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of 186.
Before
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.921 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20881 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.133 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20882 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.117 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HI · 20882 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.825 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 20883 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.518 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20885 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20886 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20887 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19691920. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.