Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Dec 28, 1969, 2:20 PM GMT-10 (00:20 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 20 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1969-12-29 00:20:20 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.281° N, 155.216° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
215°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.120 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20698 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20698 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20698 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20698 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20697 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.62 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20697 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20697 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20697 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.91 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20697 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 3.211 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20696 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20695 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.315 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20695 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.717 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20695 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 2.46 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20695 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.316 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20695 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.721 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20694 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 1.813 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20694 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.018 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20694 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20694 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20694 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.227 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20694 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.65 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20693 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.710 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 20693 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20693 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 3.316 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.227 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 3.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.215 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20692 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20691 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.317 km NNE of Pāhala, HI · 20691 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 2.319 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20690 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20690 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 3.015 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20690 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20690 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20690 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20689 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20689 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20689 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 3.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20688 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.529 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20688 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 2.00 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20688 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 2.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20688 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20687 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20687 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.414 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20687 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20686 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20685 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 3.24 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20685 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 3.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20685 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19693872. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.