Hawaii earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 17 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Sep 15, 1969, 4:47 PM GMT-10 (02:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-09-16 02:47:37 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.377° N, 155.385° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
111°
Stations used
18

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. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20799 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.315 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.328 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.16 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20798 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.216 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.110 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.119 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.116 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.716 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.914 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20797 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20796 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20796 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20796 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20796 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.326 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20796 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20796 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 2.113 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20795 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.311 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20795 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 3.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20794 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.712 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20794 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.120 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20794 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20794 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20794 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 2.021 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20793 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 3.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20793 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20793 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20793 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.710 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.716 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 1.613 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20792 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.524 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20791 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20791 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.38 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20791 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20790 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 2.419 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20790 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 2.45 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20789 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 3.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20789 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 20789 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20789 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20788 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 2.111 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20788 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 1.917 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20788 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.14 km WNW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 20788 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19692316. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.