M2.8 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Sep 15, 1969, 11:44 AM GMT-10

UTC

1969-09-15 21:44:01 UTC

Depth

8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.331° N, 155.191° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

197°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

20

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.48 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 15, 12:41 PM GMT-10 · 20834 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
2. 2.717 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 15, 2:04 PM GMT-10 · 20834 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
3. 2.517 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 15, 4:47 PM GMT-10 · 20834 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
4. 2.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 16, 4:27 AM GMT-10 · 20833 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
5. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 16, 5:32 AM GMT-10 · 20833 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
6. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 16, 11:31 AM GMT-10 · 20833 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.85 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Sep 17, 4:39 AM GMT-10 · 20832 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
8. 2.314 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 17, 12:06 PM GMT-10 · 20832 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
9. 2.611 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Sep 17, 12:50 PM GMT-10 · 20832 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
10. 2.818 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 17, 1:10 PM GMT-10 · 20832 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.622 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 17, 11:43 PM GMT-10 · 20831 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
12. 2.612 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 18, 1:31 AM GMT-10 · 20831 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
13. 2.519 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 18, 12:39 PM GMT-10 · 20831 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
14. 2.621 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 18, 2:38 PM GMT-10 · 20831 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
15. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 18, 8:31 PM GMT-10 · 20831 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
16. 3.219 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 18, 10:03 PM GMT-10 · 20831 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
17. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 19, 5:00 AM GMT-10 · 20830 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
18. 3.012 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, Sep 19, 5:15 AM GMT-10 · 20830 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
19. 3.18 km W of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 19, 3:45 PM GMT-10 · 20830 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
20. 3.322 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 19, 5:23 PM GMT-10 · 20830 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
21. 2.524 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 19, 7:14 PM GMT-10 · 20830 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
22. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 20, 1:20 PM GMT-10 · 20829 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
23. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 20, 6:29 PM GMT-10 · 20829 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
24. 2.316 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 20, 10:07 PM GMT-10 · 20829 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
25. 2.417 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 21, 12:16 AM GMT-10 · 20828 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
26. 2.29 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 21, 9:05 PM GMT-10 · 20828 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.320 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 22, 5:52 AM GMT-10 · 20827 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
28. 2.221 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 22, 6:29 PM GMT-10 · 20827 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
29. 2.025 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 23, 2:34 AM GMT-10 · 20826 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
30. 2.34 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 23, 4:31 PM GMT-10 · 20826 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 24, 7:52 AM GMT-10 · 20825 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
32. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 25, 10:29 PM GMT-10 · 20824 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
33. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 26, 1:30 AM GMT-10 · 20823 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
34. 2.07 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 26, 2:39 AM GMT-10 · 20823 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
35. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 27, 8:58 AM GMT-10 · 20822 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
36. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 27, 1:23 PM GMT-10 · 20822 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 27, 10:58 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
38. 2.021 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 10:44 AM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
39. 2.122 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 11:13 AM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
40. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 12:29 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 2:23 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
42. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 2:53 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
43. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 3:57 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
44. 2.019 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 7:01 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
45. 2.55 km ENE of Kealakekua, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 10:00 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
46. 2.923 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 28, 10:11 PM GMT-10 · 20821 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
47. 2.317 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 29, 4:12 AM GMT-10 · 20820 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
48. 2.913 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 29, 4:27 AM GMT-10 · 20820 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
49. 2.413 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 29, 4:37 AM GMT-10 · 20820 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
50. 2.213 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 29, 4:38 AM GMT-10 · 20820 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
51. 2.315 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 29, 5:41 PM GMT-10 · 20820 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
52. 2.412 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 12:30 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
53. 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 3:03 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
54. 2.314 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 7:40 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
55. 2.414 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 8:20 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
56. 2.018 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 9:09 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
57. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 10:00 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
58. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 10:32 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
59. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 11:20 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
60. 2.516 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 30, 11:22 AM GMT-10 · 20819 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 3.018 km ENE of H?lualoa, HawaiiSun, Sep 14, 10:08 AM GMT-10 · 20835 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
2. 2.415 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 14, 8:28 AM GMT-10 · 20835 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
3. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 14, 4:00 AM GMT-10 · 20835 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 14, 1:52 AM GMT-10 · 20835 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 13, 7:29 PM GMT-10 · 20836 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 13, 9:33 AM GMT-10 · 20836 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
7. 2.015 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Sep 12, 3:19 AM GMT-10 · 20837 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
8. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 11, 8:24 PM GMT-10 · 20838 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
9. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 11, 4:40 PM GMT-10 · 20838 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
10. 2.411 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Sep 11, 8:00 AM GMT-10 · 20838 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
11. 1.85 km N of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 11, 3:31 AM GMT-10 · 20838 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
12. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 10, 7:12 PM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
13. 2.111 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 10, 12:08 PM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
14. 2.12 km NNE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 10, 11:07 AM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Sep 10, 9:03 AM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.03 km NNW of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 10, 1:13 AM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 9, 11:52 PM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
18. 1.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 9, 11:35 PM GMT-10 · 20839 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.518 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiTue, Sep 9, 6:27 PM GMT-10 · 20840 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
20. 2.514 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 9, 10:18 AM GMT-10 · 20840 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19692313. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.