M1.6 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Oct 21, 1969, 2:26 AM GMT-10

UTC

1969-10-21 12:26:41 UTC

Depth

8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.307° N, 155.252° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.2 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

261°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

11

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast43 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.620 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 1:29 AM GMT-10 · 20773 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.118 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 1:56 AM GMT-10 · 20773 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
3. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 3:31 AM GMT-10 · 20773 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 6:52 AM GMT-10 · 20773 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
5. 2.420 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 10:40 AM GMT-10 · 20773 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
6. 4.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 7:12 PM GMT-10 · 20772 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
7. 2.47 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 7:42 PM GMT-10 · 20772 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.27 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 9, 11:00 PM GMT-10 · 20772 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
9. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 1:09 AM GMT-10 · 20772 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
10. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 2:05 AM GMT-10 · 20772 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.57 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 1:34 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
12. 2.612 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:16 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
13. 3.19 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:20 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:26 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
15. 2.139 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:29 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
16. 2.73 km ENE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:29 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
17. 2.311 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:35 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
18. 2.712 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:36 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
19. 2.516 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:42 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
20. 2.216 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:44 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
21. 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:45 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
22. 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:47 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
23. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 9:47 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
24. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 10, 10:46 PM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
25. 2.69 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 3:26 AM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
26. 2.610 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 3:32 AM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
27. 2.210 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 3:41 AM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
28. 2.412 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 5:27 AM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.610 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 9:24 AM GMT-10 · 20771 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
30. 2.512 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 1:01 PM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
31. 3.321 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 2:19 PM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
32. 1.815 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 8:21 PM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
33. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 9:02 PM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
34. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 11, 10:18 PM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
35. 2.511 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiWed, Nov 12, 2:24 AM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
36. 2.711 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Nov 12, 11:10 AM GMT-10 · 20770 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
37. 2.641 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 2:02 AM GMT-10 · 20769 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
38. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 3:29 AM GMT-10 · 20769 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
39. 2.026 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 6:21 AM GMT-10 · 20769 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
40. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 7:06 AM GMT-10 · 20769 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
41. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 8:13 AM GMT-10 · 20769 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
42. 3.06 km WSW of Mountain View, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 11:52 AM GMT-10 · 20769 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
43. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 13, 2:45 PM GMT-10 · 20768 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
44. 2.111 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 2:29 AM GMT-10 · 20768 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
45. 3.531 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 2:33 AM GMT-10 · 20768 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
46. 2.226 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 2:41 AM GMT-10 · 20768 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
47. 2.324 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 3:01 AM GMT-10 · 20768 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
48. 2.414 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 6:44 AM GMT-10 · 20768 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
49. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 2:11 PM GMT-10 · 20767 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
50. 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 14, 5:48 PM GMT-10 · 20767 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
51. 2.215 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 15, 12:06 AM GMT-10 · 20767 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
52. 2.813 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Nov 15, 2:22 AM GMT-10 · 20767 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
53. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Nov 15, 3:57 AM GMT-10 · 20767 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
54. 2.718 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSun, Nov 16, 12:20 PM GMT-10 · 20766 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
55. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 16, 5:26 PM GMT-10 · 20765 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
56. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 16, 6:45 PM GMT-10 · 20765 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
57. 2.27 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 17, 5:35 AM GMT-10 · 20765 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
58. 3.010 km N of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Nov 17, 10:29 AM GMT-10 · 20765 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
59. 3.110 km SSW of Puako, HawaiiMon, Nov 17, 11:37 AM GMT-10 · 20765 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
60. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Nov 17, 1:19 PM GMT-10 · 20764 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19693021. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.