M2.6 earthquake 15 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 15 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii on Thu, Sep 30, 1971, 5:19 AM HST (15:19 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 15 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1971-09-30 15:19:41 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.264° N, 155.350° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 23
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.412 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.613 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.115 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.311 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.912 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.812 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.113 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.215 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.316 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.216 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.915 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20091 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.544 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.312 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20090 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.912 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.111 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.011 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.311 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.113 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.820 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.712 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20089 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.411 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.35 km N of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.630 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20088 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20087 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20087 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20087 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.113 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20087 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.424 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.216 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.419 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.916 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.011 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.515 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.618 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20092 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
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