Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Nov 15, 1969, 12:06 AM GMT-10 (10:06 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 11 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1969-11-15 10:06:03 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.306° N, 155.260° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 172 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.813 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20774 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20774 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.718 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20773 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.27 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.010 km N of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.110 km SSW of Puako, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.021 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.96 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20772 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.922 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20771 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20771 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.824 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20771 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.924 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20771 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.610 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20771 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.87 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.117 km N of Pāhala, HI · 20770 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.318 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.217 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.311 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20770 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20769 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20769 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 2.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 20768 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20768 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20767 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 4.31 km NNE of Mountain View, Hawaii · 20767 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.92 km NNE of Mountain View, Hawaii · 20766 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  34. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20766 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 2.216 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20766 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 3.223 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20766 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.811 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.415 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 4.611 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.510 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.312 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20765 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 1.919 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.98 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20764 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20762 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20762 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20774 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20775 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.414 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20775 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.324 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20775 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.226 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20775 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.531 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20775 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.111 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20775 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 3.06 km WSW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.026 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.641 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20776 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.711 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20777 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.511 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20777 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20777 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20777 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.815 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20777 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 3.321 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20778 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19693349. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.