Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Dec 1, 1969, 11:32 PM GMT-10 (09:32 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1969-12-02 09:32:03 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.322° N, 155.158° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 188 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20758 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20758 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20757 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HI · 20757 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.327 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 20757 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20757 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20757 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.63 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20756 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.613 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20756 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20755 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.216 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20755 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20755 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.38 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20754 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20754 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.523 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 20754 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20754 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.916 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20754 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20754 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.864 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20753 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.94 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 20753 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20753 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.216 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20753 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.018 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20752 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20752 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20752 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.66 km NE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20752 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20752 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.37 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20751 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.82 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20751 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20751 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20751 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 3.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 2.221 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.55 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20750 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 1.618 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20749 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20749 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20749 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 3.512 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20749 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20749 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20749 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20748 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20748 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.521 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20748 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20748 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 3.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20748 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 1.79 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 20748 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20747 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 1.926 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20747 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.817 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20747 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20747 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20746 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 2.716 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20746 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20745 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 2.010 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20745 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20745 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.92 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.04 km ENE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.76 km ENE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.57 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 3.58 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20759 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20760 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.320 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20760 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20760 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20760 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20760 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.916 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20761 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20762 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20762 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.610 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20762 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.212 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20763 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19693545. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.