Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Sep 7, 1969, 3:42 AM GMT-10 (13:42 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 16 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-09-07 13:42:38 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.425° N, 155.259° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
284°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.414 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.214 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.114 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.59 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20802 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.329 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.316 km ENE of Pāhala, HI · 20801 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.415 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 2.613 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.420 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 2.215 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 1.916 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.410 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.616 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.218 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20801 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.113 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 2.324 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI · 20800 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 1.916 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.914 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 3.06 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 1.921 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 1.714 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.26 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 2.121 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 3.418 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 2.120 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 1.815 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20800 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.411 km SW of Hilo, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 2.324 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.714 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.96 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19692247. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.