M2.3 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Dec 27, 1969, 5:21 PM GMT-10

UTC

1969-12-28 03:21:15 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.306° N, 155.227° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

206°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

16

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast42 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast353 kmSE

After

1. 1.919 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 20, 10:35 AM HST · 20699 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
2. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 6:02 PM HST · 20698 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
3. 2.120 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 8:16 PM HST · 20698 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
4. 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 12:29 AM HST · 20698 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
5. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 12:31 AM HST · 20698 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 12:55 AM HST · 20698 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
7. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 1:11 AM HST · 20697 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
8. 1.62 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 2:18 AM HST · 20697 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
9. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 2:22 AM HST · 20697 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
10. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 2:23 AM HST · 20697 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
11. 1.91 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 22, 3:36 AM HST · 20697 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
12. 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 4:51 AM HST · 20696 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
13. 1.511 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 5:00 AM HST · 20696 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
14. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 11:08 AM HST · 20696 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
15. 3.211 km SSW of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 2:54 PM HST · 20696 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
16. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 5:39 PM HST · 20696 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
17. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 7:16 PM HST · 20696 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
18. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 9:59 PM HST · 20696 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
19. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 23, 10:26 PM HST · 20696 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 1:52 AM HST · 20695 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
21. 2.315 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 7:38 AM HST · 20695 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
22. 1.717 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 10:18 AM HST · 20695 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
23. 2.46 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 2:18 PM HST · 20695 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
24. 2.316 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 24, 7:44 PM HST · 20695 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
25. 1.721 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 7:20 AM HST · 20694 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
26. 1.813 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 12:24 PM HST · 20694 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
27. 2.018 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 1:58 PM HST · 20694 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
28. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 4:42 PM HST · 20694 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
29. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 25, 7:18 PM HST · 20694 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
30. 2.227 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 26, 12:49 AM HST · 20694 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
31. 2.65 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 26, 4:52 AM HST · 20693 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
32. 2.710 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiMon, Jan 26, 6:00 AM HST · 20693 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
33. 2.917 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 26, 7:02 AM HST · 20693 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
34. 1.821 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 3:30 AM HST · 20692 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
35. 3.316 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 8:57 AM HST · 20692 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
36. 2.227 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 9:08 AM HST · 20692 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
37. 3.816 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 9:09 AM HST · 20692 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
38. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 12:17 PM HST · 20692 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
39. 2.215 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 5:15 PM HST · 20692 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
40. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 6:42 PM HST · 20692 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
41. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 27, 9:27 PM HST · 20692 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 28, 7:49 AM HST · 20691 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
43. 2.317 km NNE of Pāhala, HIWed, Jan 28, 4:47 PM HST · 20691 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
44. 2.319 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 29, 9:03 AM HST · 20690 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
45. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 29, 5:51 PM HST · 20690 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
46. 3.015 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 29, 6:14 PM HST · 20690 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
47. 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 29, 7:43 PM HST · 20690 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.319 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 29, 8:44 PM HST · 20690 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
49. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 1:28 AM HST · 20689 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
50. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 7:03 PM HST · 20689 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
51. 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 30, 7:51 PM HST · 20689 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
52. 3.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 2:44 PM HST · 20688 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
53. 2.529 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 6:07 PM HST · 20688 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
54. 2.00 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 8:10 PM HST · 20688 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
55. 2.822 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 31, 8:44 PM HST · 20688 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
56. 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 3:06 AM HST · 20687 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
57. 1.921 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 6:26 PM HST · 20687 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
58. 2.414 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSun, Feb 1, 9:12 PM HST · 20687 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
59. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 2, 4:51 PM HST · 20686 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
60. 1.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 3, 6:07 AM HST · 20685 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19693843. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.