Hawaii earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Aug 5, 1969, 5:52 AM GMT-10 (15:52 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 30 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-08-05 15:52:17 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.315° N, 155.228° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
222°, 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.330 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20849 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.810 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20849 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20848 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.59 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20848 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.526 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20848 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20848 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.119 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20847 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20847 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20846 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20846 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.09 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 20846 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.611 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20846 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20845 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.015 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20845 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20844 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.317 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20844 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20844 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20843 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.511 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20843 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.63 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 20843 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20843 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20843 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20842 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20842 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20841 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.417 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20841 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20841 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20840 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20840 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.416 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20840 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20840 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20840 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 2.14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20840 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 20840 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20839 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.716 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20838 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 4.415 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20838 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20838 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.53 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20837 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20836 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20836 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20836 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 2.729 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20835 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.320 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20835 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.34 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.016 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.42 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 2.72 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.73 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.47 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20834 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20833 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19692015. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.